kinematic envelope

English

Noun

kinematic envelope (plural kinematic envelopes)

1. (rail transport) The outline of the space occupied by a rail vehicle when in motion, including the effects of tilt, sway, track cant, etc.
   • 2006, Simon Iwnicki, Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics‎^[1], →ISBN, page 184:

     A publication known as “Design Guide BaSS 501” provided a methodology wherby the kinematic enveleope of a vehicle (the space required by a given vehicle, moving at speed) at a specific location could be manually calculated from a number of input parameters.

See also

• loading gauge
• structure gauge