The report contains English language Reviews, Technical Papers and Technical Notes by authors from the various laboratories in the Institute. The reports should be of interest to all personnel engaged in the transportation industry with particular emphasis on railways. The issue contains reviews on Making Use of Superconducting Material for Shielding Against Magnetic Flux; Development of Persistent Current Switches for Superconducting Coils on Maglev Vehicles; Effect of Uneven Thickness of Soft Ground on Earthquake Damage to Building; Statistical Design Method for Anti-Scour Block Work around Bridge Piers; Thermal Performance of a Solar Collector Heating Water on the Station Roof; Development of High Performance Special Cast Iron Brake Shoes.
Quarterly Report of Railway Technical Research Institute, Vol. 31, No. 4, December 1990. Technical Papers
1990
55 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Railroad Transportation , Solid State Physics , Electromechanical Devices , Structural Analyses , Rail transportation , Transportation safety , Magnetic shielding , Magnetic levitation vehicles , Earthquake damage , Superconductors , Switches , Superconductivity , Soil-structure interactions , Bridge piers , Solar heating systems , Research projects , Laboratories , Concrete construction , Brake shoes , Buildings , Wear resistance , Foreign technology