AnsaldoBreda with the objective to supply the best in class product to its costumers has started several years ago the implementation of CAE methodologies to gain more insight on the performance of their trains and coaches which are sold on a worldwide basis.
Modern train rail coaches require the design of the highest standards to fulfil legal regulations and technical specifications. Furthermore due to the fact that a modern train can travel for thousands of kilometres, the specification and standards to be satisfied are both a function of local country and legislations, and obviously of the latitude since a train must be operative in climate condition ranging for example from Scandinavia to Southern Europe.
CAE application which can be applied to rail coaches range from FEM analysis for static, thermal and dynamic structural tests, crash simulations and acoustic simulation. To the CFD field where of particular interest are HVAC simulation for simulating thermal comfort, fire and smoke scenarios simulations for safety purposes, heat transfer simulations and many more.
This article describes the HVAC activity on thermal comfort carried out on the motor-coach to be supplied to the Marocco Rail System. |