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FREINAGE SURVITESSE [6 records]

Record 1 2016-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
DEF

[Brake] application operated at service rate that can be activated by one of the following safety devices of the locomotive: the overspeed control, the reset safety control (RSC) or the safety control foot valve.

CONT

A penalty brake application is similar to a full automatic brake application. However, this type of braking further reduces the brake pipe pressure to zero, requiring a moving train to stop and recharge the brake pipe. This type of braking occurs as a result of a “penalty” applied by the system, such as when the reset safety control (RSC) is not reset.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Freinage s’opérant à un taux normal et amorcé par un des dispositifs de sécurité de la locomotive : le système de contrôle de survitesse, le système de veille automatique ou le robinet à pédale de vigilance.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
OBS

Type of penalty application.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Type de freinage de contrôle.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
DEF

Portion that functions during a penalty application (overspeed, foot valve or reset safety control application). It does not operate in response to automatic or independent brake applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Module qui intervient lors d’un freinage de contrôle(dispositifs de survitesse, de veille automatique ou de vigilance), jamais lors d’un serrage commandé par le robinet de mécanicien ou de frein indépendant.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
OBS

It is activated by the overspeed magnet valve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Elle est actionnée par l’électrovalve de survitesse.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
DEF

Valve that temporarily nullifies an overspeed application when automatic brake handle is placed in first service position or service position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Valve qui interrompt temporairement le freinage de survitesse lorsque le robinet de mécanicien est mis en position de premier serrage ou de serrage gradué.

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

The "back-in" or "side-in" are docking manoeuvres.... They are both developed from the forward momentum during the approach; a turn is initiated ... before the momentum has ceased....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Ces positions réduites ou en piqué intégral sont (...) difficiles à conserver. Elles sont utilisées dans des temps d’approche ou de recherche de vitesse qui permettent d’enclencher les premières figures en survitesse.

OBS

l"expression "évolution sur ressource" semble très voisine comme notion, à preuve cet extrait de texte :"leur principe(il s’agit de figures) consiste à utiliser une période de l'ordre de 4 à 8" au cours de laquelle le freinage sur la masse d’air permet de transformer en un déplacement relativement horizontal la survitesse enregistrée(...) à la verticale.

Spanish

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