kinematic envelope
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport The outline of the space occupied by a rail vehicle when in motion, including the effects of tilt, sway, track cant, etc.
- 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.1992, Institution of Civil Engineers, edited by R.A. Vickers, Cost-effective maintenance of railway track: proceedings of the conference Cost-effective maintenance of railway track organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 25-26 June 1992, →ISBN, Discussion on Papers 3– 5, page 84:
- 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.1994, Institution of Civil Engineers, edited by Charles Penny, Channel Tunnel transport system: proceedings of the conference organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 4-5 October 1994, published 1996, →ISBN, Discussion on session 3, page 85:
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- 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.2006, Simon Iwnicki, Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, →ISBN, page 184:
- Related terms
- loading gauge, structure gauge