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kinematic envelopes

kinematic envelopes is the plural of kinematic envelope.

Meaning of kinematic envelope

Noun

kinematic envelope (plural kinematic envelopes)

  1. 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...

Questions about kinematic envelopes

What is kinematic envelopes the plural of?
Kinematic envelopes is the plural of kinematic envelope.

Words near kinematic envelopes in the dictionary

  1. kinema
  2. Kinemacolor
  3. kinemas
  4. kinematic
  5. kinematic envelope
  6. kinematic envelopes
  7. kinematical
  8. kinematically
  9. kinematics
  10. kinematogram
  11. kinematograms

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