Dynamic interaction between train and railway turnout: Full-scale field test and validation of simulation models

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 521-534

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

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic train turnout interaction; Field test; Measurement wheel technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACINGS; GAGES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; SPEED; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VEHICLE WHEELS; WHEELS; SIMULATORS; SYSTEM THEORY; TESTING;

CONTACT FORCES; DYNAMIC TRAIN-TURNOUT INTERACTION; FIELD TEST; LATERAL CONTACT; MEASUREMENT WHEEL TECHNOLOGY;

LOCOMOTIVES; WHEELS;

AXLE LOADS; CONTACT FORCES; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; FIELD TEST; LATERAL CONTACT; MOVING DIRECTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; STRAIN GAUGE; TRAIN SPEED; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES; WHEELSETS;

EID: 51449102336     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110801993144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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