Abstract
The dynamic curving performance of rail transit vehicles operating with conventional, self-steered, and forced-steered trucks are analyzed. The influence of suspension design and wheel/rail profile geometry on vehicle dynamic response during curve entry is studied using a computer simulation model. The model incorporates wheel/rail creep force saturation, nonlinear suspension elements, rail lateral flexibility, and nonlinear wheel/rail geometry accounting for the possibility of two-point contact at any wheel. Curving performance is computed in terms of dynamic wheel/rail interaction forces, vehicle suspension and body forces, vehicle displacements and velocities, and wear indices such as the work done by creep forces in the wheel/rail contact patches.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper) |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
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