Dynamics of Railway Vehicles and Rail/Wheel Contact |
Hans True
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| Abstract | In these notes the fundamentals of the mechanics of rail/wheel contact and deterministic vehicle dynamics is explained. Chapter 1 describes the kinematics and dynamics of rail/wheel contact. Chapter 2 explains why vehicle dynamics must be treated as a nonlinear dynamic problem and how the model problem must be formulated. Chapters 3 and 4 deal with the theory of nonlinear parameter dependent dynamic systems in general, and chapter 5 yields the proof that the theory also applies to the high-dimensional vehicle dynamic problems. In chapter 6 the concept of non-smooth systems is introduced and some of the most important dynamic effects on vehicle dynamic problems are described. In chapter 7 characteristic features of railway vehicle dynamics are described, and in chapter 8 recommendations
are presented for the numerical handling that is necessary for the investigation of vehicle dynamic problems. The notes end with a guide to vehicle system dynamics and 47 literature references. |
| Type | Book [Chapter] |
| Editors | Dynamical Analysis of Vehicle Systems, ed. Werner Schiehlen |
| Year | 2007 No. 497 pp. 75-128 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Address | WienNewYork |
| Series | CISM Courses and Lectures |
| ISBN / ISSN | ISBN 978-3-211-76665-1 |
| Publication link | http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-211-76666-8#section=62110&page=22&locus=76 |
| BibTeX data | [bibtex] |
| IMM Group(s) | Scientific Computing |