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   Covers for open freight cars  evaluated  
In freight trains with a high share of empty open cars, car covers could substantially reduce air resistance.
Technology field: Aerodynamics and friction
open main section General information
open main section General criteria
open main section Environmental criteria
close main section Economic criteria
  open sub-section Vehicle - fix costs: low
  Vehicle - running costs: significant reduction
  Infrastructure - fix costs: (no data)
  Infrastructure - running costs: increased
  Scale effects: not applicable
  Amortisation: (no data)
no data available Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)
open main section Overall rating
References / Links:  Vollmer 1989
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 date created: 2002-10-17
 
 
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