Table 7

Interior (cabin) comfort metrics for the baseline case (2 km, 100 m2, 350 km/h, single train) versus sealing time constant τ, at Δx = 1 m, against the UIC comfort limits (0.5/0.8/1.0 kPa in 1/3/10 s)

τ (s)Δp 1 s (kPa)Δp 3 s (kPa)Δp 10 s (kPa)UIC comfortGrid-convergent?
0 (unsealed)3.153.153.64failno (6–16%)
30.531.041.99failyes (<0.4%)
60.330.621.52fail (10 s)yes (<0.4%)
12.0 (τmin)0.200.421.00pass (10 s binding)yes (<0.4%)
180.140.320.74passyes (<0.4%)
Source(s): Author's own work

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