Research Article

Wind Tunnel Analysis of the Aerodynamic Loads on Rolling Stock over Railway Embankments: The Effect of Shelter Windbreaks

Table 1

Nondimensional coordinates regarding each pressure tap installed on the model surface. The reference axes are shown in Figures 1 and 4.

Pressure tap

10.000.500.50
2−0.060.500.48
3−0.120.490.46
4−0.180.470.44
5−0.230.450.42
6−0.280.400.40
7−0.310.350.37
8−0.330.280.35
9−0.350.220.33
10−0.350.160.31
11−0.350.100.29
12−0.360.040.27
13−0.36−0.020.25
14−0.36−0.080.23
15−0.36−0.140.21
16−0.36−0.210.19
17−0.35−0.270.16
18−0.34−0.330.14
19−0.31−0.390.12
20−0.29−0.450.10
21−0.24−0.480.08
22−0.19−0.490.06
23−0.13−0.490.04
24−0.06−0.500.02
250.00−0.500.00
260.06−0.500.98
270.13−0.490.96
280.19−0.490.94
290.24−0.480.92
300.29−0.450.90
310.31−0.390.88
320.34−0.330.86
330.35−0.270.84
340.36−0.210.81
350.36−0.140.79
360.36−0.080.77
370.36−0.020.75
380.360.040.73
390.350.100.71
400.350.160.69
410.350.220.67
420.330.280.65
430.310.350.63
440.280.400.60
450.230.450.58
460.180.470.56
470.120.490.54
480.060.500.52