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Composites in railway construction

Authors: Jean-Michel GUILLEMOT, Yves-Henri GRUNEVALD

Publication date: October 10, 2000

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4. Composites for structural parts

The sector of large structural parts (bodies, bogies), which involves high-performance composites, has been booming for almost ten years now.

In terms of materials, this is the domain reserved for epoxy resins. They have good mechanical properties and, in some cases, meet fire resistance requirements.

Tramway bodies: filament-wound sandwich parts (manufactured by Schindler Technik)
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