Abstract
The principal aerodynamic effects in a rapid transit system are predicted by use of a computer program. Account is taken of the influence of cross-passages, ventilation shafts, cross-overs and stations, etc. on the airflows generated by any number of trains travelling along any routes with any speed histories. Very few empirical coefficients are needed to obtain satisfactory correlations with experimental data.
The program is used to investigate the relative influence of important system parameters, and skin friction is found to have a particularly strong effect. It is shown that the tunnel system can be considerably simplified in the numerical simulation without serious loss of accuracy, but that account must be taken of local cross-passages and ventilation shafts.
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