Since the concept of active suspensions appeared, its large possible benefits has attracted
continuous exploration in the field of railway engineering. With new demands of higher …

Active wheelset steering promises an attractive cost–benefit ratio and is highly likely to be
implemented in the future. Previous studies investigated the steering effect simply through a …

A mechatronic rail vehicle with reduced tare weight, two axles and only one level of
suspension is proposed with the objective of reducing investment and maintenance costs. A …

The main objective of this work is to study the possibilities of improving the running safety of
a railway wagon with independently rotating wheels by changing their design symmetrically …

Featured Application The design of innovative railway running gears providing reduced
wear of wheels and rails. Abstract The paper is created within a project which aims to design …

Background Despite their important role in railway operations, switches and crossings (S&C)
have changed little since their conception over a century ago. It stands now that the existing …

Hunting is a potentially dangerous phenomenon related to the lateral oscillation of the
wheels that impacts the rails and causes the wear of the infrastructure's components …

The purpose of this paper is to study the actual dynamic load characteristics of a full-scale
Accelerated Pavement Test (APT) device called Natural Environment-Automatically Loaded …

The article deals with the effectiveness of reducing the level of force interaction of the rail
vehicle wheels with rails in curved sections of the track through the use of mechatronic …

The paper considers the possibility of guiding forces reducing and angle of attack
minimizing during the movement of a rail vehicle in curved sections of the track with the help …