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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