Carbody elastic vibrations of high-speed vehicles caused by bogie hunting instability

L Wei, J Zeng, M Chi, J Wang - Vehicle System Dynamics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In particular locations of the high-speed track, the worn wheel profile matched up with the
worn rail profile will lead to an extremely high-conicity wheel–rail contact. Consequently, the …

A finite element methodology to model flexible tracks with arbitrary geometry for railway dynamics applications

JN Costa, P Antunes, H Magalhães, J Pombo… - Computers & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamic analysis of railway vehicles requires an accurate representation of the vehicle,
the track geometry and structure, and their interaction. Generally, flexible track models with …

A railway track dynamics model based on modal substructuring and a cyclic boundary condition

L Baeza, H Ouyang - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2011 - Elsevier
This article presents a technique for modelling the coupled dynamics of a railway vehicle
and the track. The method is especially useful for simulating the dynamics of high speed …

Measurement of railroad track irregularities using an automated recording vehicle

P Urda, JF Aceituno, S Muñoz, JL Escalona - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, construction and experimental validation of a scaled railway
vehicle for the automated and quick survey of the geometry of an experimental scaled track …

Dynamic interaction of the monorail–bridge system using a combined finite element multibody-based model

M Naeimi, M Tatari, A Esmaeilzadeh… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
To assess the dynamic behavior of monorail–bridge system, an innovative model of train–
guideway interaction has been developed based on multibody dynamics and finite element …

Shaking analysis of high-speed train's carbody when cross lines

Y Qi, H Dai, C Song, S Qu - Journal of Mechanical Science and …, 2019 - Springer
The high-speed train will exhibit different vibration characteristics when running on different
lines. When the equivalent conicity of the wheel rail profile is larger, the critical speed of the …

Modelling of structural flexiblity in multibody railroad vehicle systems

JL Escalona, H Sugiyama, AA Shabana - Vehicle system dynamics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a review of recent research investigations on the computer modelling of
flexible bodies in railroad vehicle systems. The paper will also discuss the influence of the …

Influence of rail flexibility in a wheel/rail wear prediction model

JF Aceituno, P Wang, L Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this paper is to study the influence of rail flexibility when a wheel/rail wear
prediction model that computes the material loss based on an energy approach is used. The …

A novel methodology to automatically include general track flexibility in railway vehicle dynamic analyses

JN Costa, P Antunes, H Magalhães… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The interaction between the rolling stock and the infrastructure plays a crucial role in railway
vehicle dynamics. The standard approach consists of using a multibody formulation to model …

A referenced nodal coordinate formulation

H Ren, K Yang - Multibody System Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
We develop a referenced nodal coordinate formulation (RNCF) to study the dynamics of
flexible bodies undergoing large-distance travels and/or high-speed rotations. RNCF is …