Meaning of kinematic envelope | Babel Free

Definitions

The outline of the space occupied by a rail vehicle when in motion, including the effects of tilt, sway, track cant, etc.

Examples

“Travers Morgan Railways recognized this fact in 1990 and have⟳ developed a computerized technique to derive the true kinematic envelope for individual rolling stock⟳ using basic vehicle parameters.”

“However, in one respect⟳ Eurostar did condition the kinematic enveleope of Le Shuttle. […] The smaller Eurostar trains needed a lower step to overcome⟳ the height and width differential between the doorway and the walkway. This lower step became a significant element in determining the kinematic enveleope for the Shuttle trains, because of the limited clearance which resulted from its introduction into tunnel design⟳.”

“A publication known as “Design⟳ Guide⟳ BaSS 501” provided a methodology wherby the kinematic enveleope of a vehicle (the space required by a given vehicle, moving at speed⟳) at a specific location could be manually calculated from a number⟳ of input parameters.”

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