Railway Wind Tunnel Work

Goss W. F. M. “Atmospheric Resistance to the Motion of Railway Trains.” Engineer, Vol. 86, 1898, pp. 164 and 180.

Aspinall J. A. F. “Train Resistance.” Institution of Civil Engineers Procs., Vol. 147, 1902, pp. 155–277.

“Schnellbahnversuche Marienfelde-Zossen” (High Speed tests on the Marianfelde-Zossen line). Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift, Vol. 24, 12th November 1903, p. 939. In German. Also “Street Railway Journal,” Vol. 25, 3rd June 1905, p. 988.

von Borries “Schnellbetrieb auf Hauptbahnen” (High Speed main line train tests). Z.V.D.I., Vol. 48, 25th June 1904, pp. 949–959. In German. Also “Street Railway Journal,” Vol. 26, 9th Sept. 1905, pp. 379–380.

Report of Electric Railway Test Commission, New York, N.Y., to the President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New York, 1906, pp. 488–590.

Maurain C. “Résistance de l'Air sur les Trains” (Air Resistance of Trains). Recherches et Inventions 1923, No. 3. In French.

Langer R. “Untersuchungen an Einem Schnellbahnwagen” (Research on High Speed Trains). Ergebnisse der Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt zu Göttingen, Vol. 3, 1927, pp. 161–164. In German.

Schrenk O. “Untersuchungen von Dachlüftern” (Tests of Roof Ventilators). Ergebnisse der Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt zu Göttingen, Vol. 4, 1932, pp. 123–126. In German.

Tietjens O. G. Ripley K. C. “Air Resistance of High-Speed Trains and Interurban Cars.” A.S.M.E. Trans., Vol. 54, 1932, pp. 235–251 (APM-54–23).

Leboucher “Experiments on the Air Resistance of Rail Cars.” Revue Générale des Chemins de Fer, Vol. 51, July 1932, pp. 1–26. In French. English translation in International Railway Congress Assn. Bulletin, Vol. 15, Feb. 1933, pp. 219–234.

Klemin A. “Aerodynamics of the Railway Train.” Railway Mechanical Engineer Vol. 108, 1934, pp. 282–286, 312–316, 357–360.

Green J. J. “Wind Tunnel Tests of Locomotive Streamlining.” Railway Mechanical Engineer, Vol. 107, 1933, pp. 149–154 and pp. 204–211.

Nocon “New Experiments on the Resistance of Passenger and Express Trains.” Glasers Annalen, 1st March 1931, Vol. 108, pp. 99–121. In German.

Nordmann H. “Der Luftwiderstand der Eisenbahnfahrzeuge (Air Resistance of Trains). Organ für die Fortschritte des Eisenbahnwesens. Vol. 72. 15th October 1935, p. 395. In German.

Nordmann H. “Versuchsergebnisse mit Stromlinien-Dampflokomotiven (Test Results with Streamlined Steam Locomotive). Z.V.D.I., Vol. 79, 12th October 1935, pp. 1226–1229. In German.

Volgelpohl G. “Windkanalversuche über den Luftwiderstand von Eisentahn Fahrzeugen” (Wind Tunnel Tests on Air Resistance of Trains). Z.V.D.I., Vol. 78. 3rd February 1934, pp. 159–167; also Vol. 81, 27th November 1937, pp. 1386–1388. In German. English translation in International Railway Congress Assn. Bulletin, Vol. 16, September 1934, pp. 939–957.

Wagner R. P. “High Speed and the Steam Locomotive.” Institution of Locomotive Engineers Journal, Vol. 25, 1935, p. 254.

Parmantier A. “Le Train Aérodynamique P.L.M.” (The P.L.M. Streamlined Train). Revue Générale des Chemins de Fer, Vol. 54, December 1935, p. 385. In French.

Johansen F. C. “The Air Resistance of Passenger Trains.” Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proc., Vol. 134, 1936, pp. 91–208.

De Bell G. W. Lipetz A. I. “Air Resistance of Passenger Trains.” Railway Mechanical Engineer, Vol. 109, December 1935, pp. 496–501.

Lipetz A. I. “Air Resistance of Railroad Equipment.” A.S.M.E. Trans., Vol. 59, 1937, pp. 617–640.

Marty R. Kammerer A. “Essais, au tunnel de St. Cyr, de deux dispositifs de carénage pour une loco. Pacific” (Tests in the St. C*** wind tunnel on two forms of streamlining for a Pacific locomotive). Revue Générale des Chemins de Fer, Vol. 58, January 1938, pp. 34–43. In French. See also Engineer, Vol. 164, 30th August 1937, pp. 209–212.

Griffin J. F. “Streamlining Effect on Air Resistance and Smoke Lifting on Steam Locomotives.” A.S.M.E. Trans., Vol. 70, 1948, pp. 515–524.

Nordmann H. “Der Leistusgsgewinn von Stromlinienlokomotiven” (The gain of power of streamline locomotives). Z.V.D.I., Vol. 82, 30th April 1938, pp. 515–521. In German.

Holcroft H. “Smoke Deflectors for Locomotives.” Institution of Locomotive Engineers Journal, Vol. 31, 1941, Journal No. 164, pp. 462–509.

Taschinger O. “Die Entwicklung der Stromlinienform von Schnelltriebwagen” (Development of Streamlining in Fast Railcars). Elektrische Bahnen, Vol. 18, 1942, pp. 67–90 and pp. 103–112. In German.

Lang R. Schirmer M. “Die Entwicklung günstiger Luft widerstandsformen für Eisenbahn-Triebwagen” (Development of streamlined forms. for railcars). M.T.Z., 1941, pp. 145–159. In German.

Koffman J. L. “Tractive Resistance of Railcars.” Diesel Railway Traction, January 1950, pp. 5–8.