Alstom

Alstom Transport Sa

Pierre Huss

Patrick Sicot

Claude Schmitt

Francois Calvignac

Jean-Marie Pognon

Jean-Charles Muller

Nicolas Bourdet

Fabien Tijou

To prevent a window intruding into a cab of a rail vehicle in the event of an impact, the vehicle including a protective structure between the window and the interior of the cab and the protective structure including an opening facing the window, the protective structure supports anti-intrusion members which can move to obstruct at least part of the opening.

System for preventing the intrusion of a window into a rail vehicle cab in the event of an impact

Apparatus for performing mechanical tests on structures, in particular on energy absorber elements in the field of railways, wherein a pyrotechnics launcher comprising a launch tube slidably receiving a thrust rod is disposed at one end of a segment of rail track, said pyrotechnics launcher being supported in its central portion by a support element and being prevented from moving backwards by a buffer stop element disposed behind the pyrotechnics launcher, said support element and said buffer stop element including fixing means making it possible to hold said pyrotechnics launcher at various heights relative to the rails of the rail track.

Apparatus for performing mechanical tests on structures

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Ohlungen, France

Pierre Huss