R Dupont

Duty and Inclination

R Dupont

Green Trust Perceptions of Eco-labels

R Dupont

Sustainability in the United States trends a new marketing demand for eco-labels yet brands often skip regulation to obtain these labels and break consumer trust. The country currently has over 200 eco-labels, leaving consumers overwhelmed and confused. In the present study, 3 …

Qualified Transportation Process for Photovoltaic Modules: PVChain – Quality Assurance for the Solar Industry

Horst Bauer, John J. Marxer, Rasheed Adam, J. Althaus et autres

Hybrid Substructuring for Vibro-Acoustical Optimisation: Application to suspension - Car Body Interaction

Katrien Wyckaert, Marc Brughmans, C. Zhang, R Dupont

For the prediction of the vibro-acoustical vehicle behaviour up to higher frequency ranges, modal approaches are not very applicable. Hybrid frequency response function based substructuring methods are therefore proposed, in which the high modal density components are represented by experimental data, and …

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CURRENT COLLECTION WITH TWO-STAGE PANTOGRAPHS ON THE NEW PARIS-LYON LINE

P Boissonnade, R Dupont

Testing has shown that power can be collected from a catenary at 300 km/h but the Paris South East high-speed route presents special problems because the TGV trainsets must draw power from a heavy 1.5 kV dc catenary at both ends at …

THE SNCF Z 7001 TEST RAILCAR

R Dupont, A Cossie

The SNCF has developed a new motor truck, the Y226 for high speeds of up to 300 km/h. For tests with this truck, the Z 7001 was built using mechanical and electronic parts already in existence. First, the author describes the structural …

BOGIES AND TRANSMISSIONS FOR HIGH SPEED RUNNING

R Dupont, J Daffos

The bogie to be fitted to the Paris South-East trainsets is derived directly from the Y 226 type bogie which incorporates some of the constructional solutions used in the bogies for the most recent passenger rolling stock (Y 207, Y 28, Y …

SNCF TEST COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH SPEED

P Boissonade, R Dupont

The Faiveley two-stage pantograph has been thoroughly evaluated by SNCF. It is scheduled to be used on all future high speed M.U. trainsets between Paris and Lyon.