This bench is designed to perform torsional dynamic tests capable of reproducing the stress generated by the curve entry of railway vehicles (locomotives, coaches, bogies, special vehicles).
In particular, the following tests are performed:
- Determination of body weight and centre of gravity;
- Buckling tests for bogie, pivot pitch and a combination of the two;
- Tests for determining the torsional rigidity of the rolling stock;
- Tests for determining the suppleness coefficient;
- Tests for determining the body-bogie torque;
- Tests for simulating the low-frequency vertical dynamics of the vehicle;
- Tests for simulating curve entry.
