CA2266710A1 - Wall module mainly intended for a wagon body - Google Patents

Wall module mainly intended for a wagon body Download PDF

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CA2266710A1
CA2266710A1 CA002266710A CA2266710A CA2266710A1 CA 2266710 A1 CA2266710 A1 CA 2266710A1 CA 002266710 A CA002266710 A CA 002266710A CA 2266710 A CA2266710 A CA 2266710A CA 2266710 A1 CA2266710 A1 CA 2266710A1
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Lutz Ristow
Jan Prockat
Wolfgang Holzapfel
Banhardt Volker
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/04Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/04Enclosed load compartments ; Frameworks for movable panels, tarpaulins or side curtains
    • B62D33/046Enclosed load compartments ; Frameworks for movable panels, tarpaulins or side curtains built up with flat self-supporting panels; Fixed connections between panels
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/04Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
    • B61D17/043Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures connections between superstructure sub-units

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a wall module (2) which is mainly intended for railway vehicles and comprises two wall panels (4, 5) separated by a thermal insulation (6). In order to provide a structure which is stable and easy to realise, a wall panel (4) is fitted directly at its outer marginal areas with a single-piece connecting truss (8) supporting at its free end the second wall panel (5). The second wall panel is further supported by a honeycomb filling material (6) affixed to both wall panels (4, 5).

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Wall module, in particular for vehicle bodies The invention relatsa to a wall module according to the preamble of claim 1.
A known wall module of this type (DE 43 O1 763 A1) comprises two wall panels extending at least substantially parallel to each other, between whiclh a filler with a heat and sound insulating function is loosely installed. One of the wall panels is designed as an extruded section with integral profiling elements within its surface and consists of a light alloy, preferably aluminium.
The second wall panEal is designed as a plain top panel and con-nected to supporting webs provided within the surface of the first wall panel. The blunt side edges are used as welding flanks for welding the module to adjacent or engaging edge profiles to be j oined together . The supporting webs are located at a distance from the side edges, so that strips of the heat insulating mater-ial can be installed between the outer supporting Webs and the edge profile as well as between adjacent supporting webs. This construction has the disadvantage that the supporting webs and their profiles provide only linear support between the wall pan-els, while the edge profiles required for the lateral ends have to be provided and :fitted as separate components.
The invention is based on the problem of providing by suitable measures a wall module according to the preamble of claim 1 with a stable structure while facilitating its installation.
This problem is solved by the characteristic features of claim 1. Advantageous emb~~diments are described in further claims.
In an embodiment of a wall module according to the invention, the lateral termination in the area of the side edges is provided by end webs which are :integral with and preferably at right angles to the first wall panel represented by an extruded section and form a single piece: integrated with the outer edge zone to be sealed. The end webs protect the core material, which is sensit-ive to transverse loading, from mechanical damage) By matching their design to local loading conditions, the end webs further provide the possibility of achieving an optimum relationship between the necessary rigidity and the weight of the installat-ion. In the edge zone, the end web takes up the load acting on the wall panel surface, keeping it away from the core material.
The filler may furtlher be designed as a core material providing a mechanical support funr_tion, preferably a type of honeycomb structure, the hollow axes of which lie at least approximately at right angles to the wall panels, while their end faces are fully attached to the wall panels, preferably by means of solder-ing, if metal or mcatallixed honeycombs and/or wall panels are involved. Other suit=able core materials are foams, in particular rigid foams. Bonding. is a suitable alternative for soldering. The outer edge zone of the second wall panel may be located on the free end of the corresponding end web determining the distance between the wall panels in accordance with the height of the core material. The wall panels are thus evenly supported over their entire surface by the core material and in the edge zone by the end web. At the same time, the bulging of the panels is prevented by the core material, which may, for instance, be installed between the wall panels in. one piece. In this Way, it also serves as a reinforcing means of low thermal conductivity.
The end webs may additionally be fitted with integral single-piece retaining welu~s in or adjacent to the plane containing a wall panel, said regaining webs being usefully prof filed for pos-itive engagement wii~h diametrically opposed retaining webs or to retain the welding pool if panels are to be welded to the sur-rounding structure. The retaining webs on the end webs may be U-shaped channel webs open 'towards the outside and extending par-allel to the longitudinal direction of the end web. If the free outer ends of the web legs are set back relative to the outer surface of the adj acent wall panel, a corresponding retaining web of another wall module can provide a flush connection with the adjacent wall panel.. For this purpose, each retaining web on an end web projects be~~ond the corresponding end web in the plane of the wall panels .in question and carries a meshing web, said meshing webs facing each other. In this way, they can be brought into engagement with the channel webs of a wall panel to be fit-ted. Where channel 'webs are formed on the side of the end web facing the core mat~arial, the end web itself may form the leg, in particular the shortened leg, of the U-shaped channel. While the free end of the e:nd web can be provided with a supporting web lying below the surface of the second wall panel, it is set back towards the associated wall panel by the depth of the channel in the second embodiment, so that the second wall panel placed on it is once again flush with the hook-shaped retaining web of any adj acent component . The component to be connected need not always be another wall module; it may be another structural component, such as a window or door frame, a spar, beam or frame element or the like. In the second embodiment with channel webs set back into the panel surface, the end web forms a level end face of the module side flank concerned.
The invention is described in detail below with reference to the diagrammatic sketch of an embodiment, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body of a rail vehicle made up oi: several wall modules;
Figure 2 is a partial cross-section through connected wall mod-ules;
Figure 3 is a cross.-section through a vehicle body according to Figure 1 showing the area of a window cutout; and Figure 4 shows mod:Lf ied retaining means between two wal l mod-ules.
A vehicle body 1 designed in particular for rail vehicles is made up of several wall modules 2 of varying dimensions and shapes, with openings 3, pre:Eerably between two wall modules 2, for wind-ows, doors etc. being provided. Each plane or arched wall module 2 consists of two air least substantially parallel wall panels 4 and 5, between which a core material 6 preferably designed as a honeycomb with longitudinal axes lying at least approximately at right angles to the plane of the closely fitting section of the panel 4 or 5 is located. ~Jther suitable core materials are foam or other mechanically supporting core materials or structures.
The end faces of the honeycomb core material 6 are permanently fixed to the facing sides of the wall panels 4, 5 over their ent-ire surface, for instance by means of hard soldering, bonding or ultrasonic or laser welding. The method depends on the materials used for the wall panels 4 and 5 and of the core material. A wall panel 4 facing the .inside of the vehicle is, for instance. pre-ferably designed as an extruded section of light alloy, in part-icular aluminium, and may have superimposed or recessed C-shaped or T-shaped, for instance ring-shaped, profiling elements 7 for fitting vehicle components such as seats, luggage racks, linings, ducts and the like. This first wall panel 4 may, however, also be a moulded or inje~~tion moulded plastic part, for instance with a fibre, in particular glass or carbon fibre, reinforcement. The insides of the wall panels 4, 5, which face each other, are, in particular in the area of overlap with the core material 6, plain. The second wall panel 5, too, may be designed as a cor-responding extruded section. Each wall panel may be provided with two end webs 8, for instance on parallel side edges, so that end webs 8 are provided on all four side edges, if one wall panel is turned by 90~ relative to the other panel.
In order to connect wall panels to each other and, where requir-ed, to the side-sill of the body substructure or to top chord roofing members, the: first wall panel 4 only is provided with in-tegral end webs 8 in the outer edge zones, these extending, in particular, at right: angles to the adjacent sections of the wall panels 4, 5. The end webs 8 block the lateral access to the space holding the core material 6 between the wall panels 4 and 5. The second, external wall panel 5 is fitted to the free end of the end web 8. To obtain an adequate overlap, the free end of the end web 8 is provided wii~h a supporting web 9 lying below the surface of the second wall F~anel 5 extending into the space holding the core material 6.
The end webs 8 sealing the enclosed space against the outside are further provided with integral retaining webs 10 in or adjacent to the plane containing one of the wall panels 4 or 5, said webs being profiled for positive engagement with matching retaining webs 11 on another wall module 2. These retaining webs 10, 11 extend over the length of the side edge of the wall modules 2.
The retaining webs 10 on ane end web 8 are designed as U-shaped channel webs open towards the outside and extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the end web 8. In order to achieve a flush connection between the meshing retaining webs 11 of an adjacent wall module 2 and the wall panels 4 and 5 of the adjac-ent wall module 2, the free outer ends 10.1 of the web legs are set back relative to the outer surface of the adjacent wall panel 2 or relative to their own wall panels 4 or 5 respectively. The other retaining web:a 11 on the end web 8 of the adj acent wal l module 2 also lie in the plane of the wall panels 4, 5, extending beyond the associated end web towards the adjacent wall panel 2.
Each of these retaining webs 11 has a meshing web 12, said mesh-ing webs 12 facing each other for engagement with the retaining webs 10 designed as channel webs. The meshing webs 12 match the profile of the channel webs, resulting in a connection between adjacent wall modules 2 which is at least substantially free from play.
In a modified embodiment of the retaining means according to Figure 4, the free longitudinal end of the end web 8 also forms the free, in particular shortened set-back end 10.1 of the re-taining web 10, which in this case is moulded into the wall panel 4 on the side of they end web 8 which faces the core material 6 and is represented b:~ the supporting web 9 and the adjacent edge 13 of the wall panel 5 lying on said web in the area of the ex-ternal wall panel 5. In this way, the supporting web 9 also forms the base of the channel web. The retaining webs 11 on the adjac-ent wall panel 2 can remain unchanged. This embodiment offers the advantage that the e:nd web 8 with the leg ends 10.1 provides for a plain end face of the edge zone of the wall module 2 in quest-ion, which makes it particularly suitable for edges 8.2 of window and door cutouts 3.
The retaining webs 10 designed as channel webs and the retaining webs 11 designed as:hooked webs are preferably located on oppos-ite side edges of a wall panel 2. This enables one wall panel to be attached to the other. It is further useful to fix the con-nection at the retaining means 10, 11 after the assembly of the wall modules 2, for instance by welding, bonding or other means.
A wall module of this type can be used not only for side walls, but also for roof ar.~d floor sections, end walls and partitions, and can be plane or arched (roof section 2.2). With floors 2.1, it is particularly useful to design at least the lower wall panel 4.1 as an extruded section with downwards-projecting or integral mounting profiles 7.1 for equipment such as motors, electrical equipment and the 1 i:ke . Thi s f aci 1 i ty i s due to the f act that the tension and compression resistant soldering/bonding of the panels 4, 5 with the core material results in a highly stable base plate for high loads.

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1. Wall module, preferably for a vehicle body and in particular for a rail vehicle designed for passenger transport, with two wall panels and a filler located therebetween, at least a first wall panel being designed in the way of an extruded section, and with retaining means provided in the edge area, characterized in that at least the first wall panel (4) is, immediately in at least one outer edge zone, provided with an integral single-piece end web (8) and in that the second wall panel (5) is fixed to the free end of the end web (8).
2. Wall module according to claim 1, characterized in that end webs (8) carry integral single-piece retaining webs (10, 11) in or adjacent to the plane containing the wall panels (4, 5).
3. Wall module according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the free end of the end web (8) is provided with a supporting web (9) lying below the surface of the second wall panel (5).
4. Wall module according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the retaining webs (10) on one end Web (8) are designed as U-shaped channel webs open towards the outside and extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the end web (8), the free outer ends (10.1) of the web legs being set back relative to the outer surface of they adjacent wall module (2) or the wall panels (4, 5).
5. Wall model according to claim 2 or any of the following claims, characterized in that the retaining webs (11) on one end web (8) project beyond the end web (8) in the plane of the wall panels (4, 5) and carry meshing webs (12) , said meshing webs (12) facing each other.
6. Wall module according to claim 1 or any of the following claims, characterized in that integral end webs (8) are formed in at least two edge zones.
7. Wall module according to claim 1 or any of the following claims, characterized in that integral end webs (8) are formed in opposite edge zones.
8. Wall module according to claim 1 or any of the following claims, characterized in that the filler (6) is a core material with a mechanical supporting function and is permanently fixed to the first and second wall panels (4, 5).
9. Wall module according to claim 8 or any of the following claims, characterized in that the core material (6) is designed as a honeycomb.
10. Wall module according to at least one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the core material (6) is a rigid foam.
11. Wall module according to claim 4 or any of the following claims, characterized in that integral channel webs (10) are provided on the sides of the end web (8) which faces the filler (6), the end web (8) forming the shortened leg (10.1) of the associated retaining webs (10).
12. Wall module according to claim 1 or any of the following claims, characterized in that the end webs (8) are at right angles to the plane of the wall panels (4,5).
13. Wall module according to claim 1 or any of the following claims, characterized in that the core material (6) is firmly installed between two horizontal wall panels (4, 5) forming the floor (2.1) of a vehicle body and in that the lower wall panel (4.1) is an extruded section with downwards-projecting or integral mounting profiles (7.1) which are open towards the bottom.
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DE1997139098 DE19739098C2 (en) 1997-09-06 1997-09-06 Wall module, especially for car bodies
DE1997139097 DE19739097A1 (en) 1997-09-06 1997-09-06 Railway passenger car module
DE19739098.6-21 1997-09-06
DE19739097.8-21 1997-09-06
PCT/EP1998/005136 WO1999012787A1 (en) 1997-09-06 1998-08-13 Wall module mainly intended for a wagon body

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