| Other topics which Adrain wrote about include a study of the catenary, and other curves which he called isotomous. |
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| The line uses a single Arrow III MU coach, running under catenary just like its much larger siblings on the other electrified lines. |
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| We were going to be in Kansas City, but not by the route used by Amtrak, that will soon have catenary. |
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| The thing is, you can create a catenary curve by spinning a square on its axis and tracing the trajectory of a point. |
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| Once onto the actual branch, old catenary towers are visible, a reminder that this line was once electrified. |
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| A catenary is the curve describing a rope or chain hanging loosely between two fixed points. |
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| This was another eight-minute trip, during which we did the reverse procedure, switching from catenary to third rail power. |
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| We were able to see the concrete abutments where there were once catenary towers. |
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| The tube is not stretched tight, but hangs like a chain between two posts in a shallow curve called a catenary. |
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| Another innovation is a system of steel catenary cables embedded in floor slabs. |
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| The electric part is that it uses a pantograph or roof mounted current collector to pick up electricity from the overhead catenary or wires. |
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| There are results on the curve of quickest descent, results on the catenary, and results on orthogonal trajectories. |
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| At the time of his death he was working on problems in kinematics, having earlier studied statics and in particular the catenary. |
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| As the number of a polygon's sides increases, these catenary segments get shorter and flatter. |
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| The catenary is the locus of the focus of a parabola rolling along a straight line. |
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| He met Johann Bernoulli in 1691, shortly after the latter had made his discovery of the catenary. |
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| But he ran through the portal before the track was laid, and he climbed a catenary pole, and was electrocuted. |
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| Because of opposition to a catenary system, the surface system uses busses powered by compressed natural gas. |
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| The Village luminaires feature pole, wall and catenary mounted fittings that correspond with the other site furnishings. |
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| Metro North continues to have one track totally out of service for bridge and catenary repairs. |
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| At Morrisville we pass the old flyover for the PRR Trenton Cut-off freight line. It has been rehabbed and new catenary installed. |
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| The Scala luminaire is designed for lateral or suspended mounting as well as axial suspension on a catenary. |
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| Our maintenance experience ranges from systems for tramways to high speed lines, both AC and DC, catenary and third rail. |
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| Much of the book is about their practical problems thrust lines, the catenary curve and groin vaulting. |
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| This form is a catenary curve that is, one formed by a chain when it hangs under its own weight. |
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| The catenary and the related hyperbolic functions play roles in other applications. |
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| The goal of the on-track trials is to test the interface between the rolling stock, the catenary system and the track. |
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| These parts are used to create separation points in the catenary and are used at branches above turnouts. |
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| We develop, plan and build all types of systems for railways, from catenary systems to integrated offerings for railway safety and security. |
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| This mast is for supplying power to an area of catenary and for signal blocks. |
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| The vessel is held in place by a taut catenary mooring system, providing lateral station keeping. |
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| Technip installed a flowline at a water depth of 2,961 meters and a steel catenary riser at 2,469 meters. |
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| The train consisted of 10 units, including 5 driving units supplied via a 25-kilovolt catenary. |
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| Replacement of the contact wire and suspension wire on several sections of the standard catenary for Euskotren. |
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| Turning the curve upside down gives you an inverted catenary. |
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| He used as reference the catenary cables of the RENFE train line that crosses the community as well as the horizon delineated by the mountains surrounding the area. |
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| What are the curvatures, which combine to define the catenary function? |
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| The roof is made in a similar way to the walls, with the cables allowed to adopt a catenary curve between the core and the outer steel compression ring. |
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| Like the tardigrade, this earthquake-resistant house is all curves, from the oval floor plan to the dual parabolic and catenary arches of its profile. |
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| In mathematics Jungius proved that the catenary is not a parabola. |
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| To add certainty to these movements, the officers used the cables of the RENFE catenary and the mountains in the background as a point of reference. |
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| They recently opened electrification from Windsor to Blainville, and they electrified the track between CP and CN tracks, using overhead catenary the whole way. |
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| As a result, the catenary receives the energy recovered in the braking process, which can be used by the train or returned to the electrical grid. |
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| At that speed, it is hard to maintain smooth contact between a catenary and roof-mounted mechanical linkage, or pantograph, not to mention between wheels and track. |
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| Trains are supplied with traction power through the catenary. |
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| The experimental e-highway, which will first be built along one mile of the corridor as a test, involves an overhead catenary system to which trucks can attach. |
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| These improvements come from special equipment with which Prima has been fitted, such as regenerative brakes that send energy generated through braking to the catenary. |
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| The catenary in the Lötschberg base tunnel has been designed for a maximum speed of 250 kilometres per hour and is switchable in sections of about six kilometres. |
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| Workers in a special car are setting the catenary up. |
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| Finally, the rail specific elements such as tracks, sidings along the line, signalling systems, catenary, electrification communications and safety equipment, installations, etc., which are called superstructure costs. |
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| Supercapacitors are an onboard energy storage solution that enable tramways to run without catenary power, so allowing them to be more aesthetically integrated into the urban environment. |
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| Illustrated instruction book for setting up track layouts, signals, and catenary, connecting locomotive controllers and solenoid accessories, and building bridges, including tips for building layouts. |
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| An axial suspension catenary mounting is also available. |
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| This volume is determined on the basis of a reference kinematic profile and takes into account the gauge of catenary and the gauge for lower parts. |
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| The catenary serves for the fine distribution of traction current. |
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| While there was no increase in the number of catenary system incidents, their impact was more serious due to the increase in traffic and the nature of the incidents. |
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| Some of them adopted catenary element and others adopted straight type element. |
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| Wooden sleepers, gravel ballast and low rail weight with the lack overhead catenary and the adjacent area make it uniquely historical. |
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| Suspended by a network of tensile wires from a central mast, this inverted catenary roof consists of five planes moored to two smaller secondary masts at each end. |
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| He wears a minimal white cotton brief, and is pleased by the hance of its pouch, a catenary dip as he faces the mirror, the profile navicular and ostent. |
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| Siemens will install a catenary system for hybrid trucks in Sweden. |
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| The deal includes new catenary, support cables, clocks, feeder cables, insulators, switches, new tensioner devices and removing old installations, among others. |
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