A comparison of track model formulations for simulation of dynamic vehicle–track interaction in switches and crossings
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023

This paper compares different track model formulations for the simulation of dynamic vehicle–track interaction in switches and crossings (S&C, turnouts) in a multi-body simulation (MBS) environment. The investigations are an extension of the S&C simulation Benchmark with the addition of a finite element model of a 60E1-760-1:15 turnout. This model constitutes a common reference from which four different track formulations are derived: co-running, modal superposition, finite element incorporated into the MBS model and finite element coupled to MBS using a co-simulation approach. For the different track models, the difference in modelling technique, results, simulation time, and suitability for different simulation tasks is compared. A good agreement is found between the different track model formulations for wheel–rail contact forces and rail displacements. This study found a better agreement between co-running and structural track models compared to previous studies in the prediction of wheel–rail contact forces. This appears to be due to the increased complexity of co-running track model used in this study together with a tuning of the co-running track model to the reference model in a wider frequency range. For the reader interested to reproduce the results in this paper, the reference track model is available for download.

multi-body simulations

turnout

track model

finite element

crossing

Switch

Författare

Björn Pålsson

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Dynamik

Ramakrishnan Ambur

University of Birmingham

M. Sebes

IFSTTAR - French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks

Ping Wang

Southwest Jiaotong University

Jou Yi Shih

University of Birmingham

ZynaMic Engineering AB

Demeng Fan

IFSTTAR - French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks

ESI Group

Jingmang Xu

Southwest Jiaotong University

Jiayin Chen

Southwest Jiaotong University

Vehicle System Dynamics

0042-3114 (ISSN) 1744-5159 (eISSN)

Vol. 61 3 698-724

Styrkeområden

Transport

Ämneskategorier

Teknisk mekanik

Farkostteknik

Strömningsmekanik och akustik

DOI

10.1080/00423114.2021.1983183

Relaterade dataset

Parameterised finite element model for S&C Benchmark [dataset]

DOI: 10.5878/6j4g-y180 ID: 2021-78

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