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Improved Spiral Geometry for High Speed Rail

Document Series:
Research Results
Author:
  • Don Plotkin and John Choros
Report Number
RR08-02
Office
RDI-21
Keywords:
track spiral, transition curve, train dynamics, ride quality
Document
rr0802.pdf (142.04 KB)

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Last updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2008