Simulation of dynamic interaction between train and railway turnout

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-258

  Kassa, Elias ^a   Andersson, Clas ^a   Nielsen, Jens C O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contact forces; Dynamic train turnout interaction; Multibody dynamics; Switches and crossings; Wheel rail contact geometry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWITCHING; WHEELS;

CONTACT FORCES; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; TRAIN TRACK INTERACTION; WHEEL RAIL CONTAT GEOMETRY;

SWITCHES;

EID: 30344469416     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110500233487     Document Type: Article

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