VEHICLE BODY FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE

摘要

A vehicle body for a railway vehicle comprises: a base frame; a first member which is supported by the base frame while being disposed further toward one vertical side than the vertical center of the base frame and absorbing collision energy; and a second member which is supported by the base frame while being disposed further toward the other vertical side than the vertical center of the base frame and which, when the first member is compressed by a collision with an obstacle, comes into contact with the obstacle. When the first member is compressed by the collision with the obstacle, the second member is subjected to a reaction force from the obstacle and transmits a moment load to the base frame, the moment load acting in the rotational direction opposite the rotational direction of a moment load transmitted to the base frame by the first member.