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IN a paper read before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on November 27, Mr. F. C. Johansen describes the results of experiments on the air resistance of passenger trains produced by modifying the shape and the smoothness of their surfaces, originally of L.M.S. pattern, in two different ways. In the first way, there was no general change in the external form of the coaches, but in the second way all coaches have smoothed bodies and faired under-carriages. The modifications introduced involved no marked alteration from the conventional appearance except for fairings on the engine, tender and the tail end of the last coach, the object being to show what reductions in air resistance could be achieved without any radical degree of stream-lining.
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Air Resistance of Passenger Trains. Nature 139, 206–207 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139206a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139206a0