EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DETERMINATION OF AERODYNAMIC RESISTANCE TO PROGRESS FOR ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE LE 060 EA1 OF 5100 KW

This paper aims at making a comparative analysis regarding the influence of aerodynamic resistance to progress of electric locomotive LE 060 EA1 of 5100 kW for a range of situations encountered in exploitation. In this paper, experimental results are presented following a geometric modeling at 1:12 scale on a modular layout of the locomotive. Tests were made in the INCAS (National Institute of Research - Development Aerospace “Elie Carafoli”) in the subsonic wind tunnel.