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The purpose of this work is to study the flow between the underbody of a high speed train and the ground, which consists of both ballast and sleepers. The flow is approximated by a turbulent Couette flow. An analytical solution of the turbulent Couette flow is proposed. Comparisons of the analytical results against wind tunnel and on track tests experiments and results of other classical models for...