A covered hopper railroad freight car having a car body whose opposite longitudinal sides include generally flat, parallel, substantially vertical upper side wall portions free from outwardly protruding structural strength members. A top chord of each of the side walls of the car is defined by a pair of parallel bend lines extending longitudinally along the upper margin of each side wall, and a roof is welded to the top chords of the side walls.

A bodywork structure for a body for a public transport vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle or a road transport vehicle, for example a guided road transport vehicle, including a wall extending in a longitudinal direction, the wall including at least one cavity extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the cavity forms a passage for a fluid under pressure, for example a gas under pressure.

A railcar body comprises at least one panel assembly having a first panel and a second panel, both extending longitudinally along the railcar body and adjacently to each other. The inner wall of the first and second panels, which are longer than their outer wall, respectively have at least a first and a second mating interface which are different from each other and compatible so as to be located at a predetermined distance from each other, thereby creating a gap of a predetermined width between two juxtaposed edges of the panels. This panel assembly is designed to be compatible with a laser welding process.

A side wall for a railcar includes a plurality of integrated side sheets. Each of the integrated side sheets includes a sheet of metal having a top side edge and a bottom side edge extending from a first end to a second end of the sheet of metal. The sheet of metal further includes a flat area portion extending a first distance from the first end towards the second end between the top side edge and the bottom side edge. The sheet of metal further includes a side post portion adjacent to the flat portion, the side post portion comprising a plurality of bends forming a recess. The plurality of bends forming the recess includes at least a first bend, a second bend, a third bend, and a fourth bend. Adjacent integrated side sheets may be coupled together to form the side wall.

A side wall for a railcar includes a plurality of integrated side sheets. Each of the integrated side sheets includes a sheet of metal having a top side edge and a bottom side edge extending from a first end to a second end of the sheet of metal. The sheet of metal further includes a flat area portion extending a first distance from the first end towards the second end between the top side edge and the bottom side edge. The sheet of metal further includes a side post portion adjacent to the flat portion, the side post portion comprising a plurality of bends forming a recess. The plurality of bends forming the recess includes at least a first bend, a second bend, a third bend, and a fourth bend. Adjacent integrated side sheets may be coupled together to form the side wall.

A wall structure for forming a wall of a rail vehicle car body, the wall structure comprising a metal panel having an aperture formed therein; and a fibre-reinforced-plastic (FRP) strengthening system attached to the metal panel at a corner of the aperture. The FRP strengthening system comprises a stack of FRP laminae arranged such that, progressing through the stack starting from a base lamina, the area of each lamina in the stack is less than that of the previous lamina.

A wall structure for forming a wall of a rail vehicle car body, the wall structure comprising a metal panel having an aperture formed therein; and a fibre-reinforced-plastic (FRP) strengthening system attached to the metal panel at a corner of the aperture. The FRP strengthening system comprises a stack of FRP laminae arranged such that, progressing through the stack starting from a base lamina, the area of each lamina in the stack is less than that of the previous lamina.

A double-deck rail vehicle and a vehicle body thereof are provided. An underframe (11) of the vehicle body comprises a lower-layer underframe (111), end underframes (112, 115), sealing plates (114, 116), and side underframes (118, 119); wherein the lower-layer underframe is provided with an underframe middle beam (1111); the end underframe is fixedly connected to the underframe middle beam by means of reinforcement middle beams (113, 117); the sealing plate is fixedly connected between the end underframe and the lower-layer underframe; and the side underframe comprises side beams (1181, 1191) of the side underframe that are integrated, and the side underframe is fixedly connected to the end underframe by means of the side beams of the side underframe. The vehicle body supplements the reinforcement middle beams capable of increasing the connection strength between the end underframe and the lower-layer underframe, and uses the integrated side beams of the side underframe. Therefore, the structure strength, rigidity and compression-resistant performance of the vehicle body can be enhanced, so that the safety of the double-deck rail vehicle can be improved, and a problem that a related double-deck vehicle body does not satisfy the requirements of America strength standard can be solved.

A side wall structure of an open wagon includes an upper side beam (1), wherein built-in pillow columns (3) and built-in side columns (4) are arranged on the inner side of the upper side beam (1), the upper side beam (1) is formed by pressing an outer side flanged plate (1a), an upper planar plate (1b), an inner side slope plate (1c) and a lower vertical plate (1d), the upper parts of the built-in pillow columns (3) and the built-in side columns (4) are welded on the inner side slope plate (1c) and the lower vertical plate (1d), built-in small upright columns (5) are respectively arranged on the outer sides of the built-in pillow columns (3), between the built-in pillow columns (3) and the built-in side columns (4) that are adjacent and between every two adjacent built-in side columns (4), and the upper parts of the built-in small upright column (5) are welded on the inner side slope plate (1c) and the lower vertical plate (1d); each side wall plate (2) includes a straight side wall plate (2a) and arc-shaped plates (2b), a part of the lower parts of the built-in pillow columns (3), a part of the lower parts of the built-in side columns (4) and the entire lower parts of the built-in small upright columns (5) are respectively welded on the straight side wall plate (2a), a plurality of arc-shaped plates (2b) are respectively welded between the built-in pillow columns (3) and the built-in side columns (4) that are adjacent and between every two adjacent built-in side columns (4), an upper end of the straight side wall plate (2a) is in butt joint with a lower end of the lower vertical plate (1d), the lower end of the straight side wall plate (2a) is in butt joint with the upper ends of the arc-shaped plates (2b), and the lower ends of the arc-shaped plates (2b) are welded with a wagon body floor.

A side wall structure of an open wagon includes an upper side beam (1), wherein built-in pillow columns (3) and built-in side columns (4) are arranged on the inner side of the upper side beam (1), the upper side beam (1) is formed by pressing an outer side flanged plate (1a), an upper planar plate (1b), an inner side slope plate (1c) and a lower vertical plate (1d), the upper parts of the built-in pillow columns (3) and the built-in side columns (4) are welded on the inner side slope plate (1c) and the lower vertical plate (1d), built-in small upright columns (5) are respectively arranged on the outer sides of the built-in pillow columns (3), between the built-in pillow columns (3) and the built-in side columns (4) that are adjacent and between every two adjacent built-in side columns (4), and the upper parts of the built-in small upright column (5) are welded on the inner side slope plate (1c) and the lower vertical plate (1d); each side wall plate (2) includes a straight side wall plate (2a) and arc-shaped plates (2b), a part of the lower parts of the built-in pillow columns (3), a part of the lower parts of the built-in side columns (4) and the entire lower parts of the built-in small upright columns (5) are respectively welded on the straight side wall plate (2a), a plurality of arc-shaped plates (2b) are respectively welded between the built-in pillow columns (3) and the built-in side columns (4) that are adjacent and between every two adjacent built-in side columns (4), an upper end of the straight side wall plate (2a) is in butt joint with a lower end of the lower vertical plate (1d), the lower end of the straight side wall plate (2a) is in butt joint with the upper ends of the arc-shaped plates (2b), and the lower ends of the arc-shaped plates (2b) are welded with a wagon body floor.