Study on the Design of Chinese Vehicle for Both Railways and Highways

Abstract

In some developed countries, vehicle for both railways and highways is maturing in technology and function after 70 years of exploration and development, which makes the dream of no transfer “from highway to railway” or “from railway to highway” being true. However, the research and development of vehicle for both railways and highways in China are still in its infancy. At the present time, the chief problems of Chinese vehicle for both railways and highways are backward technology, simplex function, the lack of humanization in design and the lack of variability in use. Due to the above shortcomings, Chinese vehicle for both railways and highways is always at a disadvantage in the international competition. In this paper, human-based design, body structure and modularization of function and form were imported in the design cases as new design strategies.