Use of finite element and finite segment methods in modeling rail flexibility: A comparative study

Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hamper, Martin B ^a   Recuero, Antonio M ^b   Escalona, José L ^b   Shabana, Ahmed A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPONENT MODE SYNTHESIS; CONTACT POINTS; DYNAMICS FORMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FINITE NUMBER; FINITE SEGMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE BODIES; FLOATING FRAMES; HIGH-FREQUENCY MODE; MULTIBODY SYSTEM; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; RAILROAD VEHICLES; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; RIGID ELEMENTS; RIGID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODAL ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84866065184     PISSN: 15551415     EISSN: 15551423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006728     Document Type: Article

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