The Development Plan of TTX Hybrid Carbody Structures and Study on Foreign Cases

TTX 하이브리드 차체 개발 방향과 국외 사례 분석

Tilting trains could offer a low cost solution as they can be operated on existing track and attain higher speeds (as compared to conventional trains) thanks to a mechanism that tilts the vehicle body of the train when negotiating curves, thus giving it additional superelevation Also, the weight saving of the carbody structures of the tilting train is a significant problem to operate the tilting mechanism without failure and to minimize wear and tear on wheels and rails. Therefore, the TTX will be developed using hybrid design concept to match the challenging demands with respect to cost efficient lightweight design for carbody structures. Hybrid design helps to save production costs and to reduce the weight of carbodies.