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EP1955917B2 - Railcar vehicle for passenger transport - Google Patents

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EP1955917B2
EP1955917B2 EP08290102.6A EP08290102A EP1955917B2 EP 1955917 B2 EP1955917 B2 EP 1955917B2 EP 08290102 A EP08290102 A EP 08290102A EP 1955917 B2 EP1955917 B2 EP 1955917B2
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
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  • the present invention relates to a self-propelled passenger transport, and more particularly a self-propelled modular in terms of passenger capacity and maximum speed term.
  • the document DE-A-30 23 382 describes a self-propelled vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Train or motor train architectures are differentiated according to whether they are with concentrated or distributed motorization, depending on whether the car components are linked in an articulated or non-articulated manner, according to the arrangement and the number of driving and carrying bogies, and according to that they are at one or two levels.
  • a self-propelled vehicle comprises at least one motorized car, that is to say comprising at least one passenger compartment and at least one power train.
  • a self-propelled vehicle may therefore comprise only motorized cars or comprise non-motorized cars and at least one motorized car.
  • a train is composed of one or more motor vehicles and a number of passenger cars.
  • a power unit is not accessible to passengers and includes among other things a power train.
  • the traction chain comprises a plurality of equipment, which are either electrical components or electronic power and control components, adapted to pick up electrical energy from a traction source (for example a catenary line), transform it and convert it into electric power supply signals of electric motors of the driving bogies to ensure the train drive or the self-propelled.
  • a traction source for example a catenary line
  • the motorization is said to be concentrated when all the components of the traction chains are grouped together in a single location, for example in the motor of a train.
  • the engine is said to be distributed when the components of the power train are distributed over several cars, under the chassis of cars or on the roof.
  • a bogie conventionally comprises a bogie frame resting on two axles.
  • axle means generally a pair of coaxial bearing wheels on the rails of a railway.
  • a motor bogie comprises at least one electric motor for driving the wheels of at least one of its axles, called the driving axle.
  • a non-motorized bogie is called a carrier bogie.
  • Two adjacent cars are said to be "articulated” (or in articulated connection) when a first car is supported by one of these ends on a bogie and the end opposite the second car rests on the end of the first.
  • the bogie is therefore straddling under the ends of the two adjacent cars.
  • a self-propelled car consisting of two articulated cars therefore has three bogies, since the free ends of the two cars each rest on a bogie.
  • a self-propelled car consisting of two non-articulated cars therefore has four bogies.
  • a car is called at a level when it has a passenger compartment on a single floor level, and it is said at two levels when it has two compartments of travelers on two levels, superimposed one above the other. 'other.
  • This type of motorization requires a large mass of power cables needed to connect the energy harvesting device (s) to the motors through each traction equipment, cables that run between all cars equipped with either a device capture, either a traction chain equipment or a bogie engine.
  • This architecture has a reduced passenger capacity compared to a self-propelled car of identical length, since the engines are not accessible to passengers.
  • the invention proposes a passenger railcar according to claim 1.
  • the car is fully articulated, that is to say, the cars are all articulated together in pairs.
  • a bogie is arranged astride the two adjacent ends of two adjacent cars, the free ends of the pilot cars resting on a single bogie.
  • This intermediate car will be called motorized intermediate car.
  • the motorcar is therefore concentrated motorization, the concentration taking place in three cars.
  • a motor bogie is disposed under one of the two ends of the two pilot cars and the motorized intermediate car comprising a traction chain.
  • each car comprising a traction chain is supported at both ends by a motor bogie and a bogie carrier, or by two motor bogies.
  • the self-propelled vehicle comprises, between the motorized intermediate car and each of the pilot cars, at least one intermediate car devoid of a power train.
  • this intermediate car does not have a power train, it is called a trailer.
  • a trailer is supported at at least one of its ends by a bogie carrier.
  • a trailer is supported at these ends either by a bogie carrier and a bogie engine, or by two bogies carriers.
  • a self-propelled vehicle according to the invention therefore complies with a rule of alternation of cars comprising a traction chain and not including, and a rule of alternating motor bogies and carrier bogies to meet the maximum load at the axle.
  • the balancing of the masses on each bogie and bogie engine is also obtained by optimizing the distribution of different traction equipment or auxiliaries of the railcar, and the interior of the cars that differs depending on the desired comfort (type and number of different seats depending on the class of the car).
  • the interior of the motorized intermediate car in particular depends on the mass of the or traction chains, which themselves depend on the desired performance of the self-propelled (multi-tension traction, maximum speed, etc.). For example, if the mass of traction equipment installed is high, the interior of the motorized intermediate car will be lightened and designed as a bar car, a car offering services or having a reduced passenger capacity compared to the capacity of the trailers. .
  • Each traction chain drives at least one driving axle of the engine or bogies arranged under one or both ends of cars in which are arranged one or more traction chains.
  • the self-propelled vehicle can thus comprise three to six drive axles, depending on whether the engine bogie of each pilot car has one or two drive axles, and that the motorized intermediate car is supported by one or two motor bogies having only one driving axle each. .
  • An advantage of a fully articulated architecture is that the railcar is more stable in the event of a derailment. Due to the articulated architecture, the resistance to progress and therefore the energy consumption required to drive the vehicle remains limited compared to a non-articulated self-propelled vehicle of the same length, since there are fewer bogies. Maintenance operations are also reduced. Due to the self-propelled composition, the vehicle offers a large capacity since the entire length of the vehicle is used to receive passengers.
  • An advantage of concentrating the powertrains in the pilot cars and in a single motorized intermediate car makes it possible to better protect and control the fires by physically separating the traction chains from each other, and physically separating the traction chains from the compartments. passengers.
  • a self-propelled A comprises seven trailers 3 and a motorized intermediate car 4 arranged between two pilot cars 2.
  • a first pilot car 2 is located at a first end of the railcar A (starting from the left on the figure 1 ). It has a free end, where is located a driver's cab 9, and rests on a bogie engine 6 consisting of two drive axles 5.
  • a first traction chain 8 is disposed under the passenger compartment 10 of the first pilot car 2.
  • a its opposite end, the pilot car 2 is articulated with a first trailer 3. The two ends vis-à-vis the cars 2 and 3 based on a single bogie engine 6, consisting of two drive axles 5.
  • the first trailer 3 thus shares at its first end a bogie engine 6 with the pilot car 2, and shares at its other end a bogie carrier 7 with the second trailer 3 adjacent.
  • the second trailer 3 is articulated to the first trailer 3 and the third trailer 3.
  • the second trailer 3 shares with each of the first and the third trailer 3 a bogie carrier 7.
  • the third trailer 3 is hinged to a motorized intermediate car 4, located in the railcar of this embodiment in fifth position from the left.
  • the motorized intermediate car 4 shares, at each of these ends, a motor bogie 6 with the adjacent trailers.
  • Two traction chains 8 are arranged under the passenger compartment 10 and feed the motors of the motor bogies -composed each of two drive axles- located at each end of the motorized intermediate car 4.
  • the following four trailers 3 are also hinged and rest on carrier bogies 7, except for the ends of trailers 3 articulated with the motorized intermediate car 4 or with the pilot car 2, which are based on motor bogies 6.
  • the second Pilot car 2 is identical to the first.
  • All cars 2, 3, 4 of railcar A have a passenger compartment 10. Each of the cars 2, 3, 4 communicates with the or each adjacent car by a gangway 11. As the vehicle is fully articulated, the self-propelled figure 1 has eleven bogies, six motorized bogies 6 and five carrying bogies 7, for a length of about 200 m. In this embodiment, all the axles of the motor bogies are motorized. Such an EMU can carry at least 550 passengers at a commercial speed of at least 330 km / h.
  • Fig. 1 schematically represents the location of the traction chains 8 under the entire length of the passenger compartments 10 of the cars 2 and 4, but according to the effective space requirement of the various components of the traction chain 8, this may extend in full or in part only under the floor of passenger compartments 10.
  • the traction chains 8 of the pilot cars 2 can be arranged in intermediate compartments between the driver's cab 9 and the passenger compartment 10.
  • each of the pilot cars 2 is provided with a pantograph 12 for capturing electrical energy on a catenary line (not shown).
  • a high voltage cable 13 distributes the electrical energy captured by each pantograph 12 to the drive train 8 located in the motorized intermediate car 4.
  • the cables 13 are shown on the outside of the cars. mixed lines. In practice, these cables extend for example on the roof.
  • the concentration of the traction chains 8 and the driving bogies 6 on a very limited number of cars makes it possible to limit the mass of the cables required, since only high voltage cables 13 extend between the pilot cars 2 and the traction chain. of the motorized intermediate car 4. These cables have a mass less than the mass of the power cables of the architectures of the railcars of the prior art. The complexity of the wiring is also significantly reduced.
  • the figure 2 represents in the form of a table two possible configurations claimed of the self-propelled according to the first embodiment, given by way of example. Numbered only are pilot cars 2, motorized cars 4, traction chains 8, engine bogies 6, drive axles 5, carrier bogies 7, passenger capacity and possible operating speeds.
  • a self-propelled car consisting of seven cars, comprising two pilot cars 2, four trailers 3, a motorized intermediate car 4 and four motorized axles 5, requires only three traction chains 8.
  • a single traction chain 8 is therefore arranged in the intermediate car motorized 4, unlike the variants of the first embodiment not claimed.
  • two motor bogies 6 support both ends of the motorized car 4, but each has only one drive axle 5.
  • the place released by the second traction chain can be exploited to install auxiliary equipment or mass released in this way can be used to install more seats in the compartment 10 of the motorized intermediate car 4.
  • only the bogies under the free ends of the pilot cars 2 are motorized, and they each comprise two drive axles 5.
  • This variant Seven cars thus have four engine bogies 6 but six drive axles 5.
  • This self-propelled vehicle can carry between 350 and 400 passengers (depending on interior fittings) and travel at least 300 km / h.
  • the second variant of ten cars of the self-propelled according to the invention is identical to the variant comprising seven cars except that it comprises three additional trailers. It can have the same performance as the self-propelled A of the first embodiment by increasing the power to the axle.
  • the self-propelled vehicle according to the invention is completely flexible in terms of passenger capacity and speed since it can include seven to eleven cars, three traction chains 8, three to six drive axles 5 distributed over three to four bogies 6 engines and can reach a maximum speed of between 140 and 350 km / h.
  • This modularity is achieved by the simplification of the types of cars (drivers 2, trailers 3 and motorized 4) while applying the alternating rule of trailers and cars receiving a traction chain 8 and the alternating rule of the motor bogies 6 and carrier bogies 7 to respect the maximum load on the axle.
  • self-propelled A has only one-level cars.
  • the pilot cars 2 and the intermediate cars 3, 4 are at two levels, such as the figure 3 represents him.
  • the lower level of a pilot car 2 and the motorized intermediate car 4 receiving a traction chain 8 serves to house this or these traction chains 8, the other level being reserved for travelers.
  • the interconnections 11 are placed high to move from one trailer 3 to another.
  • the interconnections between the pilot cars 2 and the adjacent trailers 3 are at a low level.
  • a staircase (not shown) disposed in the pilot car 2 and in the trailers 3 allow to reach the high level from the access doors (not shown) of the cars 2, 3, 4.

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La présente invention concerne une automotrice de transport de voyageurs, et plus particulièrement une automotrice modulable en terme de capacité de voyageurs et terme de vitesse maximale.The present invention relates to a self-propelled passenger transport, and more particularly a self-propelled modular in terms of passenger capacity and maximum speed term.

Le document DE-A-30 23 382 décrit une automotrice conforme au préambule de la revendication 1.The document DE-A-30 23 382 describes a self-propelled vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1.

Art antérieurPrior art

Les architectures de train ou d'automotrices sont différenciées selon qu'elles sont à motorisation concentrée ou répartie, selon que les voitures les composants sont liées de manière articulée ou non articulée, selon la disposition et le nombre de bogies moteurs et porteurs, et selon qu'elles sont à un ou deux niveaux.Train or motor train architectures are differentiated according to whether they are with concentrated or distributed motorization, depending on whether the car components are linked in an articulated or non-articulated manner, according to the arrangement and the number of driving and carrying bogies, and according to that they are at one or two levels.

Par souci de clarté, ces différentes notions sont définies dans les paragraphes suivants.For the sake of clarity, these different concepts are defined in the following paragraphs.

Train ou automotriceTrain or self-propelled

Une automotrice comporte au moins une voiture motorisée, c'est-à-dire comprenant au moins un compartiment voyageur et au moins une chaîne de traction. Une automotrice peut donc ne comporter que des voitures motorisées ou comporter des voitures non motorisées et au moins une voiture motorisée.A self-propelled vehicle comprises at least one motorized car, that is to say comprising at least one passenger compartment and at least one power train. A self-propelled vehicle may therefore comprise only motorized cars or comprise non-motorized cars and at least one motorized car.

Un train est composé d'une ou de plusieurs motrices et d'un certain nombre de voitures de passagers. Une motrice n'est pas accessible aux passagers et comprend entre autres une chaîne de traction.A train is composed of one or more motor vehicles and a number of passenger cars. A power unit is not accessible to passengers and includes among other things a power train.

Motorisation concentrée ou répartieConcentrated or distributed motorization

La chaîne de traction comprend plusieurs équipements, qui sont soit des composants électriques soit des composants électroniques de puissance et de commande, adaptés pour capter l'énergie électrique à partir d'une source de traction (par exemple une ligne caténaire), la transformer et la convertir en signaux électriques d'alimentation de moteurs électriques des bogies moteurs pour assurer l'entraînement du train ou de l'automotrice.The traction chain comprises a plurality of equipment, which are either electrical components or electronic power and control components, adapted to pick up electrical energy from a traction source (for example a catenary line), transform it and convert it into electric power supply signals of electric motors of the driving bogies to ensure the train drive or the self-propelled.

La motorisation est dite concentrée lorsque tous les composants des chaînes de traction sont regroupés à un emplacement unique, par exemple dans la motrice d'un train. La motorisation est dite répartie lorsque les composants de la chaîne de traction sont répartis sur plusieurs voitures, sous le châssis des voitures ou en toiture.The motorization is said to be concentrated when all the components of the traction chains are grouped together in a single location, for example in the motor of a train. The engine is said to be distributed when the components of the power train are distributed over several cars, under the chassis of cars or on the roof.

Voitures articulées ou non articuléesArticulated or non-articulated cars

Un bogie comprend de façon classique un châssis de bogie reposant sur deux essieux. Par essieu, on entend de façon générale une paire de roues coaxiales d'appui sur les rails d'une voie ferrée.A bogie conventionally comprises a bogie frame resting on two axles. By axle means generally a pair of coaxial bearing wheels on the rails of a railway.

Un bogie moteur comprend au moins un moteur électrique d'entraînement des roues d'au moins un de ses essieux, dénommé essieu moteur. Par opposition, un bogie non motorisé est appelé bogie porteur.A motor bogie comprises at least one electric motor for driving the wheels of at least one of its axles, called the driving axle. In contrast, a non-motorized bogie is called a carrier bogie.

Deux voitures adjacentes sont dites « articulées » (ou en liaison articulée) lorsque une première voiture est en appui par une de ces extrémités sur un bogie et que l'extrémité en vis-à-vis de la deuxième voiture repose sur l'extrémité de la première. Le bogie est donc à cheval sous les extrémités des deux voitures adjacentes. Une automotrice composée de deux voitures articulées compte donc trois bogies, puisque les extrémités libres des deux voitures reposent chacune sur un bogie.Two adjacent cars are said to be "articulated" (or in articulated connection) when a first car is supported by one of these ends on a bogie and the end opposite the second car rests on the end of the first. The bogie is therefore straddling under the ends of the two adjacent cars. A self-propelled car consisting of two articulated cars therefore has three bogies, since the free ends of the two cars each rest on a bogie.

Par opposition, deux voitures adjacentes non articulées ne sont pas, à chacune de leurs extrémités, en appui sur un bogie commun, chaque voiture reposant sur deux bogies. Une automotrice composée de deux voitures non articulées compte donc quatre bogies.In contrast, two adjacent non-articulated cars are not, at each of their ends, resting on a common bogie, each car resting on two bogies. A self-propelled car consisting of two non-articulated cars therefore has four bogies.

Voiture à un ou deux niveauxOne or two level car

Une voiture est dite à un niveau lorsqu'elle a un compartiment de voyageurs sur un seul niveau de plancher, et elle est dite à deux niveaux lorsqu'elle comporte deux compartiments de voyageurs sur deux niveaux, superposés l'un au-dessus de l'autre.A car is called at a level when it has a passenger compartment on a single floor level, and it is said at two levels when it has two compartments of travelers on two levels, superimposed one above the other. 'other.

Il existe des trains un niveau, non articulés et à motorisation concentrée dans une ou deux motrices. Du fait de la non-articulation, cette architecture présente l'inconvénient d'avoir un grand nombre de bogies ce qui augmente la résistance à l'avancement et par conséquent la consommation d'énergie de l'automotrice. Un grand nombre de bogies nécessite également de nombreuses opérations de maintenance.There are one-level, non-articulated and concentrated power trains in one or two motor vehicles. Due to the non-articulation, this architecture has the disadvantage of having a large number of bogies which increases the resistance to progress and therefore the energy consumption of the self-propelled. A large number of bogies also require many maintenance operations.

Il existe aussi des automotrices à grande vitesse un niveau, non articulées et à motorisation répartie, avec différentes distributions des équipements de traction dans les voitures, différents emplacements des bogies moteurs ou des essieux moteurs selon les architectures. Ces automotrices comportent plusieurs voitures motorisées, reposant chacune sur deux bogies.There are also one-level, non-articulated and distributed motor railcars, with different distributions of traction equipment in cars, different locations of motor bogies or drive axles according to the architectures. These self-propelled vehicles comprise several motorized cars, each resting on two bogies.

Ce type de motorisation nécessite une grande masse de câbles de puissance nécessaires pour relier le ou les dispositifs de captage d'énergie jusqu'aux moteurs en passant par chaque équipement de traction, câbles qui courent donc entre toutes les voitures équipées soit d'un dispositif de captage, soit d'un équipement de la chaîne de traction, soit d'un bogie moteur.This type of motorization requires a large mass of power cables needed to connect the energy harvesting device (s) to the motors through each traction equipment, cables that run between all cars equipped with either a device capture, either a traction chain equipment or a bogie engine.

Il existe également des trains un niveau ou deux niveaux, à liaison « mixte » et à motorisation concentrée. Les voitures de passagers reposent sur des bogies porteurs et sont encadrées par deux motrices, à chaque extrémité du train, reposant sur des bogies moteurs. Les liaisons de ce train sont dites « mixtes » car différents types de liaisons relient les voitures et les motrices. Les voitures sont reliées entre elles par une liaison articulée, et les voitures sont reliées aux motrices par une liaison non articulée.There are also one-level or two-level trains with a "mixed" link and concentrated engines. Passenger cars are based on carrying bogies and are framed by two engines, at each end of the train, resting on motor bogies. The links of this train are called "mixed" because different types of connections connect cars and motor. The cars are interconnected by an articulated connection, and the cars are connected to the engines by a link not articulated.

Cette architecture présente une capacité en nombre de passagers réduite par rapport à une automotrice de longueur identique, puisque les motrices ne sont pas accessibles aux passagers.This architecture has a reduced passenger capacity compared to a self-propelled car of identical length, since the engines are not accessible to passengers.

Les performances de ces véhicules sont liées à leurs architectures : il est possible de faire rouler un train à grande vitesse à des vitesses moindres, mais au détriment de la capacité voyageurs puisque la masse des chaînes de traction n'est pas libérable. Il n'est pas possible de faire circuler un véhicule à une vitesse supérieure à sa vitesse maximale puisque aucune chaîne de traction ou aucun moteur ne peut être rajouté simplement. Les constructeurs doivent donc concevoir un véhicule propre à chaque gamme de vitesse / capacité de voyageurs.The performance of these vehicles is related to their architecture: it is possible to run a high-speed train at lower speeds, but at the expense of passenger capacity since the mass of the traction chains is not releasable. It is not possible to run a vehicle at a speed greater than its maximum speed since no power train or engine can be added simply. Manufacturers must therefore design a vehicle that is specific to each passenger speed / capacity range.

C'est donc un but de l'invention de proposer une automotrice qui ne présente pas les inconvénients des architectures de l'état de la technique.It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a self-propelled vehicle which does not have the drawbacks of the architectures of the state of the art.

A cet effet, l'invention propose une automotrice de transport de voyageurs selon la revendication 1.For this purpose, the invention proposes a passenger railcar according to claim 1.

L'automotrice comprend une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes, prises selon toutes les combinaisons techniquement possibles :

  • chaque chaîne de traction entraîne au moins un essieu moteur du ou des bogies moteurs disposés sous une ou sous les deux extrémités de chaque voiture dans laquelle est disposée ladite chaîne de traction ;
  • l'automotrice comprend, entre la voiture intermédiaire comprenant une chaîne de traction et chacune des voitures pilotes, au moins une voiture intermédiaire dépourvue de chaîne de traction ;
  • au moins une voiture intermédiaire dépourvue de chaîne de traction est supportée à au moins une de ses deux extrémités par un bogie porteur ;
  • les voitures sont à deux niveaux.
The self-propelled vehicle includes one or more of the following features, taken in any technically feasible combination:
  • each traction chain drives at least one drive axle of the at least one motor bogie arranged under one or under both ends of each car in which said pull chain is disposed;
  • the self-propelled vehicle comprises, between the intermediate car comprising a power train and each of the pilot cars, at least one intermediate car devoid of a power train;
  • at least one intermediate car without traction chain is supported at at least one of its two ends by a bogie carrier;
  • the cars are on two levels.

Description de l'inventionDescription of the invention

L'automotrice est entièrement articulée, c'est-à-dire que les voitures sont toutes articulées entre elles deux à deux. Un bogie est disposé à cheval sous les deux extrémités adjacentes de deux voitures adjacentes, les extrémités libres des voitures pilotes reposant sur un seul bogie.The car is fully articulated, that is to say, the cars are all articulated together in pairs. A bogie is arranged astride the two adjacent ends of two adjacent cars, the free ends of the pilot cars resting on a single bogie.

Elle comporte trois chaînes de traction, une chaîne de traction étant disposée dans chaque voiture pilote et au moins une chaîne de traction (une ou deux) étant disposée dans une seule voiture intermédiaire. Pour cette raison, cette voiture intermédiaire sera dénommée voiture intermédiaire motorisée. L'automotrice est donc à motorisation concentrée, la concentration s'effectuant dans trois voitures.It comprises three traction chains, a traction chain being disposed in each pilot car and at least one pull chain (one or two) being arranged in a single intermediate car. For this reason, this intermediate car will be called motorized intermediate car. The motorcar is therefore concentrated motorization, the concentration taking place in three cars.

Un bogie moteur est disposé sous une des deux extrémités des deux voitures pilotes et de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée comprenant une chaîne de traction. En d'autres termes, chaque voiture comportant une chaîne de traction est supportée à ses deux extrémités soit par un bogie moteur et un bogie porteur, soit par deux bogies moteurs.A motor bogie is disposed under one of the two ends of the two pilot cars and the motorized intermediate car comprising a traction chain. In other words, each car comprising a traction chain is supported at both ends by a motor bogie and a bogie carrier, or by two motor bogies.

L'automotrice comprend, entre la voiture intermédiaire motorisée et chacune des voitures pilotes, au moins une voiture intermédiaire dépourvue de chaîne de traction. Comme cette voiture intermédiaire ne comporte pas de chaîne de traction, elle est appelée remorque.The self-propelled vehicle comprises, between the motorized intermediate car and each of the pilot cars, at least one intermediate car devoid of a power train. As this intermediate car does not have a power train, it is called a trailer.

Une remorque est supportée à au moins une de ses deux extrémités par un bogie porteur. Une remorque est donc supportée à ces extrémités soit par un bogie porteur et un bogie moteur, soit par deux bogies porteurs.A trailer is supported at at least one of its ends by a bogie carrier. A trailer is supported at these ends either by a bogie carrier and a bogie engine, or by two bogies carriers.

Une automotrice conforme à l'invention respecte donc une règle d'alternance de voitures comportant une chaîne de traction et n'en comportant pas, et une règle d'alternance de bogies moteurs et de bogies porteurs afin de respecter la charge maximale à l'essieu.A self-propelled vehicle according to the invention therefore complies with a rule of alternation of cars comprising a traction chain and not including, and a rule of alternating motor bogies and carrier bogies to meet the maximum load at the axle.

En effet, tous les véhicules ferroviaires doivent respecter la contrainte de la charge à l'essieu, dont la valeur est imposée par l'infrastructure ou par les normes applicables sur les voies où circulent ces véhicules.Indeed, all railway vehicles must respect the axle load constraint, the value of which is imposed by the infrastructure or the standards applicable on the lanes in which these vehicles operate.

La charge à l'essieu de l'automotrice conforme à l'invention est maintenue en dessous de la charge maximale admissible car :

  • chaque voiture pilote est en appui sur un bogie dédié et un bogie commun avec une autre voiture, et a donc sa charge répartie sur un plus grand nombre d'essieux que les voitures intermédiaires. Par conséquent, une voiture pilote peut supporter une plus grande masse que les autres voitures sans dépasser la charge à l'essieu maximale. Chaque voiture pilote reçoit donc des voyageurs, la chaîne de traction ainsi que tout ou partie des équipements de production d'énergie auxiliaire (électrique et pneumatique).
  • les remorques dépourvues de chaînes de traction possèdent un poids à vide plus faible que les voitures pilotes et la voiture motorisée.
  • la voiture intermédiaire motorisée reçoit des passagers et les équipements de sa chaîne de traction. Or les bogies moteurs à chaque extrémité de la voiture motorisée supportent chacun la moitié de la masse de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée et la moitié de la masse de la remorque adjacente, puisque au moins une remorque est interposée entre la voiture pilote et la voiture intermédiaire motorisée. Comme une remorque est moins lourde que la voiture intermédiaire motorisée, chaque bogie moteur disposé à cheval sous l'une des extrémités de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée et sous l'extrémité de la remorque adjacente supporte une masse moyenne qui reste inférieure à la charge maximale par essieu.
The axle load of the self-propelled unit according to the invention is kept below the maximum permissible load because:
  • each pilot car is supported on a dedicated bogie and a common bogie with another car, and therefore has its load spread over a larger number of axles than the intermediate cars. Therefore, a pilot car can support a larger mass than other cars without exceeding the maximum axle load. Each pilot car therefore receives passengers, the power train and all or part of the auxiliary power generation equipment (electrical and pneumatic).
  • trailers without traction chains have a lower curb weight than the pilot cars and the motorized car.
  • the motorized intermediate car receives passengers and equipment from its power train. But the motor bogies at each end of the motorized car each support half the mass of the motorized intermediate car and half the mass of the adjacent trailer, since at least one trailer is interposed between the pilot car and the motorized intermediate car. . As a trailer is less heavy than the motorized intermediate car, each motor bogie disposed astride one end of the motorized intermediate car and under the end of the adjacent trailer supports an average mass which remains below the maximum load per hour. axle.

L'équilibrage des masses sur chaque bogie porteur et bogie moteur est également obtenu par l'optimisation de la répartition des différents équipements de traction ou auxiliaires de l'automotrice, et de l'aménagement intérieur des voitures qui diffère selon le confort souhaité (type et nombre de sièges différents selon la classe de la voiture).The balancing of the masses on each bogie and bogie engine is also obtained by optimizing the distribution of different traction equipment or auxiliaries of the railcar, and the interior of the cars that differs depending on the desired comfort (type and number of different seats depending on the class of the car).

L'aménagement intérieur de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée notamment dépend de la masse de la ou les chaînes de traction, qui dépendent elles-mêmes des performances souhaitées de l'automotrice (traction multi-tension, vitesse maximale, etc.). Par exemple, si la masse des équipements traction installés est élevée, l'aménagement intérieur de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée sera allégé et conçu comme une voiture-bar, une voiture offrant des services ou ayant une capacité voyageur réduite par rapport à la capacité des remorques.The interior of the motorized intermediate car in particular depends on the mass of the or traction chains, which themselves depend on the desired performance of the self-propelled (multi-tension traction, maximum speed, etc.). For example, if the mass of traction equipment installed is high, the interior of the motorized intermediate car will be lightened and designed as a bar car, a car offering services or having a reduced passenger capacity compared to the capacity of the trailers. .

Chaque chaîne de traction entraîne au moins un essieu moteur du ou des bogies moteurs disposés sous l'une ou sous les deux extrémités des voitures dans lesquelles sont disposées une ou plusieurs chaînes de traction. L'automotrice peut donc comporter trois à six essieux moteurs, selon que le bogie moteur de chaque voiture pilote comporte un ou deux essieux moteur, et que la voiture intermédiaire motorisée est supportée par un ou deux bogies moteurs ne comportant qu'un essieu moteur chacun.Each traction chain drives at least one driving axle of the engine or bogies arranged under one or both ends of cars in which are arranged one or more traction chains. The self-propelled vehicle can thus comprise three to six drive axles, depending on whether the engine bogie of each pilot car has one or two drive axles, and that the motorized intermediate car is supported by one or two motor bogies having only one driving axle each. .

Un avantage d'une architecture entièrement articulée est que l'automotrice est plus stable en cas de déraillement. Du fait de l'architecture articulée, la résistance à l'avancement et donc la consommation d'énergie nécessaire pour entraîner le véhicule reste limitée comparé à une automotrice non articulée de même longueur, puisqu'il y a moins de bogies. Les opérations de maintenance sont également réduites. Du fait de la composition en automotrice, le véhicule offre une grande capacité puisque toute la longueur du véhicule est utilisée pour recevoir des passagers.An advantage of a fully articulated architecture is that the railcar is more stable in the event of a derailment. Due to the articulated architecture, the resistance to progress and therefore the energy consumption required to drive the vehicle remains limited compared to a non-articulated self-propelled vehicle of the same length, since there are fewer bogies. Maintenance operations are also reduced. Due to the self-propelled composition, the vehicle offers a large capacity since the entire length of the vehicle is used to receive passengers.

Un avantage de la concentration des chaînes de traction dans les voitures pilotes et dans une seule voiture intermédiaire motorisée permet de mieux protéger et maîtriser les incendies en séparant physiquement les chaînes de traction les unes des autres, et en séparant physiquement les chaînes de traction des compartiments passagers.An advantage of concentrating the powertrains in the pilot cars and in a single motorized intermediate car makes it possible to better protect and control the fires by physically separating the traction chains from each other, and physically separating the traction chains from the compartments. passengers.

L'invention et d'autres avantages seront mieux compris à la lecture de la description qui va suivre, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple, et faite en se référant aux dessins annexés, dans lequels

  • les figures 1 et 3 sont des vues schématiques de côté d'automotrices non conformes à l'invention selon plusieurs modes de réalisation,
  • la figure 2 est un tableau représentant schématiquement la position des essieux moteurs en fonction du nombre de voitures composant l'automotrice.
The invention and other advantages will be better understood from reading the description which follows, given solely by way of example, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
  • the figures 1 and 3 are schematic side views of railcars not according to the invention according to several embodiments,
  • the figure 2 is a table showing schematically the position of the driving axles according to the number of cars composing the railcar.

Par convention, les roues des essieux moteurs sont noircies sur les figures.By convention, the wheels of the driving axles are blackened in the figures.

Premier mode de réalisation (variantes non revendiquées)First embodiment (unclaimed variants)

Telle que représentée sur la figure 1, une automotrice A comprend sept remorques 3 et une voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4 disposées entre deux voitures pilotes 2.As represented on the figure 1 , a self-propelled A comprises seven trailers 3 and a motorized intermediate car 4 arranged between two pilot cars 2.

Une première voiture pilote 2 est située à une première extrémité de l'automotrice A (en partant de la gauche sur la figure 1). Elle présente une extrémité libre, où est située une cabine de conduite 9, et repose sur un bogie moteur 6 composés de deux essieux moteurs 5. Une première chaîne de traction 8 est disposée sous le compartiment voyageur 10 de cette première voiture pilote 2. A son extrémité opposée, la voiture pilote 2 est articulée avec une première remorque 3. Les deux extrémités en vis-à-vis des voitures 2 et 3 reposent sur un seul bogie moteur 6, composé de deux essieux moteurs 5.A first pilot car 2 is located at a first end of the railcar A (starting from the left on the figure 1 ). It has a free end, where is located a driver's cab 9, and rests on a bogie engine 6 consisting of two drive axles 5. A first traction chain 8 is disposed under the passenger compartment 10 of the first pilot car 2. A its opposite end, the pilot car 2 is articulated with a first trailer 3. The two ends vis-à-vis the cars 2 and 3 based on a single bogie engine 6, consisting of two drive axles 5.

La première remorque 3 partage donc à sa première extrémité un bogie moteur 6 avec la voiture pilote 2, et partage à son autre extrémité un bogie porteur 7 avec la deuxième remorque 3 adjacente.The first trailer 3 thus shares at its first end a bogie engine 6 with the pilot car 2, and shares at its other end a bogie carrier 7 with the second trailer 3 adjacent.

La deuxième remorque 3 est articulée à la première remorque 3 et à la troisième remorque 3. La deuxième remorque 3 partage avec chacune de la première et de la troisième remorque 3 un bogie porteur 7. La troisième remorque 3 est articulée à une voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4, située dans l'automotrice de ce mode de réalisation en cinquième position en partant de la gauche.The second trailer 3 is articulated to the first trailer 3 and the third trailer 3. The second trailer 3 shares with each of the first and the third trailer 3 a bogie carrier 7. The third trailer 3 is hinged to a motorized intermediate car 4, located in the railcar of this embodiment in fifth position from the left.

Aucune des trois premières remorques 3 ne reçoit de chaîne de traction 8.None of the first three trailers 3 receives a traction chain 8.

La voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4 partage, à chacune de ces extrémités, un bogie moteur 6 avec les remorques adjacentes. Deux chaînes de traction 8 sont disposées sous le compartiment voyageur 10 et alimentent les moteurs des bogies moteurs -composés chacun de deux essieux moteurs- situés à chaque extrémité de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4.The motorized intermediate car 4 shares, at each of these ends, a motor bogie 6 with the adjacent trailers. Two traction chains 8 are arranged under the passenger compartment 10 and feed the motors of the motor bogies -composed each of two drive axles- located at each end of the motorized intermediate car 4.

Les quatre remorques 3 suivantes sont également articulées et reposent sur des bogies porteurs 7, sauf en ce qui concerne les extrémités des remorques 3 articulées avec la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4 ou avec la voiture pilote 2, qui reposent sur des bogies moteurs 6. La deuxième voiture pilote 2 est identique à la première.The following four trailers 3 are also hinged and rest on carrier bogies 7, except for the ends of trailers 3 articulated with the motorized intermediate car 4 or with the pilot car 2, which are based on motor bogies 6. The second Pilot car 2 is identical to the first.

Toutes les voitures 2, 3, 4 de l'automotrice A possèdent un compartiment voyageurs 10. Chacune des voitures 2, 3, 4 communique avec la ou chaque voiture adjacente par une intercirculation 11. Comme le véhicule est entièrement articulé, l'automotrice A de la figure 1 possède onze bogies, six bogies motorisés 6 et cinq bogies porteurs 7, pour une longueur d'environ 200 m. Dans ce mode de réalisation, tous les essieux des bogies moteurs sont motorisés. Une telle automotrice peut transporter au moins 550 passagers à une vitesse commerciale d'au moins 330 km/h.All cars 2, 3, 4 of railcar A have a passenger compartment 10. Each of the cars 2, 3, 4 communicates with the or each adjacent car by a gangway 11. As the vehicle is fully articulated, the self-propelled figure 1 has eleven bogies, six motorized bogies 6 and five carrying bogies 7, for a length of about 200 m. In this embodiment, all the axles of the motor bogies are motorized. Such an EMU can carry at least 550 passengers at a commercial speed of at least 330 km / h.

Dans chacune des voitures pilotes 2 et intermédiaire motorisée 4, la ou les chaînes de traction 8 sont disposées sous le plancher du compartiment voyageurs 10 afin de préserver la longueur du compartiment voyageur 10. La fig. 1 représente schématiquement l'emplacement des chaînes de traction 8 sous toute la longueur des compartiments voyageurs 10 des voitures 2 et 4 mais selon l'encombrement effectif des différents composants de la chaîne de traction 8, celle-ci peut s'étendre en totalité ou en partie seulement sous le plancher des compartiments voyageurs 10.In each of the pilot cars 2 and motorized intermediate 4, the traction chain or chains 8 are arranged under the floor of the passenger compartment 10 in order to preserve the length of the passenger compartment 10. Fig. 1 schematically represents the location of the traction chains 8 under the entire length of the passenger compartments 10 of the cars 2 and 4, but according to the effective space requirement of the various components of the traction chain 8, this may extend in full or in part only under the floor of passenger compartments 10.

En variante, les chaînes de traction 8 des voitures pilotes 2 peuvent être disposées dans des compartiments intermédiaires entre la cabine de conduite 9 et le compartiment voyageurs 10.Alternatively, the traction chains 8 of the pilot cars 2 can be arranged in intermediate compartments between the driver's cab 9 and the passenger compartment 10.

De manière classique, chacune des voitures pilotes 2 est munie d'un pantographe 12 pour capter l'énergie électrique sur une ligne caténaire (non représentée).Conventionally, each of the pilot cars 2 is provided with a pantograph 12 for capturing electrical energy on a catenary line (not shown).

Un câble de haute tension 13 distribue l'énergie électrique captée par chaque pantographe 12 à la chaîne de traction 8 située dans la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4. Pour des raisons de clarté des dessins, les câbles 13 sont représentés à l'extérieur des voitures en traits mixtes. En pratique, ces câbles s'étendent par exemple en toiture.A high voltage cable 13 distributes the electrical energy captured by each pantograph 12 to the drive train 8 located in the motorized intermediate car 4. For the sake of clarity of the drawings, the cables 13 are shown on the outside of the cars. mixed lines. In practice, these cables extend for example on the roof.

La concentration des chaînes de traction 8 et des bogies moteurs 6 sur un nombre très limité de voitures permet de limiter la masse des câbles nécessaires, puisque seuls des câbles de haute tension 13 s'étendent entre les voitures pilotes 2 et la chaîne de traction 8 de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4. Ces câbles ont une masse moins importante que la masse des câbles de puissance des architectures des automotrices de l'art antérieur. La complexité du câblage est également nettement réduite.The concentration of the traction chains 8 and the driving bogies 6 on a very limited number of cars makes it possible to limit the mass of the cables required, since only high voltage cables 13 extend between the pilot cars 2 and the traction chain. of the motorized intermediate car 4. These cables have a mass less than the mass of the power cables of the architectures of the railcars of the prior art. The complexity of the wiring is also significantly reduced.

Variantes revendiquées du Premier mode de réalisationClaimed Variations of the First Embodiment

La figure 2 représente sous la forme d'un tableau deux configurations possibles revendiquées de l'automotrice selon le premier mode de réalisation, données à titre d'exemple. Sont seulement numérotés les voitures pilotes 2, les voitures motorisées 4, les chaînes de traction 8, les bogies moteurs 6, les essieux moteurs 5, les bogies porteurs 7, la capacité voyageurs et les vitesses d'exploitation possibles.The figure 2 represents in the form of a table two possible configurations claimed of the self-propelled according to the first embodiment, given by way of example. Numbered only are pilot cars 2, motorized cars 4, traction chains 8, engine bogies 6, drive axles 5, carrier bogies 7, passenger capacity and possible operating speeds.

Une automotrice composée de sept voitures, comprenant deux voitures pilotes 2, quatre remorques 3, une voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4 et quatre essieux motorisés 5, ne nécessite que trois chaînes de traction 8. Une seule chaîne de traction 8 est donc disposée dans la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4, contrairement aux variantes du premier mode de réalisation non revendiquées. Dans cette variante, deux bogies moteurs 6 supportent les deux extrémités de la voiture motorisée 4, mais chacun ne possède qu'un seul essieu moteur 5. La place libérée par la deuxième chaîne de traction peut être exploitée pour installer des équipements auxiliaires ou la masse libérée peut être exploitée pour installer plus de sièges dans le compartiment 10 de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4. Dans cette même variante, seuls les bogies sous les extrémités libres des voitures pilotes 2 sont motorisés, et ils comportent chacun deux essieux moteurs 5. Cette variante à sept voitures comporte donc quatre bogies moteurs 6 mais six essieux moteurs 5. Cette automotrice peut transporter entre 350 et 400 passagers (selon les aménagements intérieurs) et circuler à au moins 300 km/h.A self-propelled car consisting of seven cars, comprising two pilot cars 2, four trailers 3, a motorized intermediate car 4 and four motorized axles 5, requires only three traction chains 8. A single traction chain 8 is therefore arranged in the intermediate car motorized 4, unlike the variants of the first embodiment not claimed. In this variant, two motor bogies 6 support both ends of the motorized car 4, but each has only one drive axle 5. The place released by the second traction chain can be exploited to install auxiliary equipment or mass released in this way can be used to install more seats in the compartment 10 of the motorized intermediate car 4. In this same variant, only the bogies under the free ends of the pilot cars 2 are motorized, and they each comprise two drive axles 5. This variant Seven cars thus have four engine bogies 6 but six drive axles 5. This self-propelled vehicle can carry between 350 and 400 passengers (depending on interior fittings) and travel at least 300 km / h.

La deuxième variante à dix voitures de l'automotrice selon l'invention est identique à la variante comportant sept voitures à cela près qu'elle comporte trois remorques supplémentaires. Elle peut présenter les mêmes performances que l'automotrice A du premier mode de réalisation en augmentant la puissance à l'essieu.The second variant of ten cars of the self-propelled according to the invention is identical to the variant comprising seven cars except that it comprises three additional trailers. It can have the same performance as the self-propelled A of the first embodiment by increasing the power to the axle.

Ainsi, l'automotrice réalisée selon l'invention est complètement modulable en terme de capacité voyageurs et de vitesse puisqu'elle peut comprendre sept à onze voitures, trois chaînes de traction 8, de trois à six essieux moteurs 5 répartis sur trois à quatre bogies moteurs 6 et peut atteindre une vitesse maximale comprise entre 140 et 350 km/h.Thus, the self-propelled vehicle according to the invention is completely flexible in terms of passenger capacity and speed since it can include seven to eleven cars, three traction chains 8, three to six drive axles 5 distributed over three to four bogies 6 engines and can reach a maximum speed of between 140 and 350 km / h.

Cette modularité est atteinte par la simplification des types de voitures (pilotes 2, remorques 3 et motorisée 4) tout en appliquant la règle d'alternance des remorques et des voitures recevant une chaîne de traction 8 et la règle d'alternance des bogies moteurs 6 et des bogies porteurs 7 pour respecter la charge maximale à l'essieu.This modularity is achieved by the simplification of the types of cars (drivers 2, trailers 3 and motorized 4) while applying the alternating rule of trailers and cars receiving a traction chain 8 and the alternating rule of the motor bogies 6 and carrier bogies 7 to respect the maximum load on the axle.

Deuxième mode de réalisation non revendiquéSecond unclaimed embodiment

Telles que représentées sur les figures 1, l'automotrice A ne comporte que des voitures à un seul niveau. En variante, les voitures pilotes 2 et les voitures intermédiaires 3, 4 sont à deux niveaux, comme la figure 3 le représente.As represented on the figures 1 , self-propelled A has only one-level cars. As a variant, the pilot cars 2 and the intermediate cars 3, 4 are at two levels, such as the figure 3 represents him.

Avantageusement, dans une automotrice B possédant des voitures à deux niveaux, le niveau inférieur d'une voiture pilote 2 et de la voiture intermédiaire motorisée 4 recevant une chaîne de traction 8 sert à loger cette ou ces chaînes de traction 8, l'autre niveau étant réservé aux voyageurs.Advantageously, in a self-propelled B having two-level cars, the lower level of a pilot car 2 and the motorized intermediate car 4 receiving a traction chain 8 serves to house this or these traction chains 8, the other level being reserved for travelers.

Les intercirculations 11 sont placées au niveau haut pour passer d'une remorque 3 à une autre. Par contre, les intercirculations entre les voitures pilotes 2 et les remorques adjacentes 3 se font au niveau bas. Un escalier (non représenté) disposé dans la voiture pilote 2 et dans les remorques 3 permettent de rejoindre le niveau haut à partir des portes d'accès (non représentées) des voitures 2, 3, 4.The interconnections 11 are placed high to move from one trailer 3 to another. On the other hand, the interconnections between the pilot cars 2 and the adjacent trailers 3 are at a low level. A staircase (not shown) disposed in the pilot car 2 and in the trailers 3 allow to reach the high level from the access doors (not shown) of the cars 2, 3, 4.

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  1. Multiple-unit railcar for passenger transport, comprising:
    - two driving carriages (2) and intermediate carriages (3, 4),
    - carrying bogies (7),
    - two traction systems (8), one traction system being placed in each driving carriage (2),
    characterised in that:
    - all the carriages comprise a passenger compartment (10),
    - the carriages (2, 3, 4) are all articulated together in twos, one bogie being placed to overlap beneath the two adjacent ends of two adjacent carriages,
    - a single traction system is placed in a single intermediate carriage (4), called the motorised intermediate carriage,
    and in that the multiple-unit railcar comprises drive bogies (6) comprising at least one drive axle (5),
    - one drive bogie (6) being placed beneath one of the two ends of the said driving carriages (2), and one carrying bogie being placed beneath the other of the two ends of the said driving carriages (2),
    - one drive bogie (6) being placed to overlap beneath at least one of the two ends of the said motorised intermediate carriage (4), that drive bogie (6) comprising only a single drive axle.
  2. Multiple-unit railcar according to claim 1, characterised in that each traction system (8) drives at least one drive axle (5) of the drive bogie(s) (6) placed under one or under both ends of each carriage (2, 4) in which the said traction system (8) is placed.
  3. Multiple-unit railcar according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that it comprises, between the intermediate carriage (4) comprising a traction system (8) and each of the driving carriages (2), at least one intermediate carriage (3) with no traction system (8).
  4. Multiple-unit railcar according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that at least one intermediate carriage (3) with no traction system (8) is supported at at least one of its two ends by a carrying bogie (7).
  5. Multiple-unit railcar according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the carriages (2, 3, 4) have two levels.
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