Design and Simulation of Rail Vehicles

Design and Simulation of Rail Vehicles serves as an introductory text for graduate or senior undergraduate students, and as a reference for practicing engineers and also researchers investigating performance issues related to these types of vehicles.

Understanding critical rail vehicle design issues and associated dynamic responses is fundamental to guarantee safe and cost-effective operations of modern railways. With the increasing demands for safer rail vehicles with higher speeds and higher loads, implementing more innovative methods for controlling rail vehicle dynamics requires a better understanding of the factors that affect their dynamic performance.Also  Advanced simulation techniques allow such innovations to be examined in detail and optimized before the costly process of introducing them into the operational vehicle environment on a rail network is contemplated.

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In this book, we provide a general description of the design of the common features of rail vehicles and show the methods used to simulate and also verify them. In most cases, the latter is quite a complex task and not possible to do based only on the theoretical knowledge because the reactions to the variations in operational conditions of such a complex system and its component parts are nonlinear and uncertain.

Design and Simulation of Rail Vehicles content

• Preface
• Authors.
• Unpowered Rail Vehicle Design
• Design of Locomotives
• General Modelling Techniques
• Multibody Dynamics
• Longitudinal Train Dynamics
• Rail Vehicle–Track Interaction Dynamics
• Co-Simulation and Its Application
• Advanced Simulation Methodologies
• Conclusion

Coverage given to non-powered rail vehicles, the various types of locomotives used to haul freight and passenger trains and also the self-powered passenger rolling stock used for public transport in many major cities.

This book is intended both as an introductory text for graduate or senior undergraduate students, and as a reference for engineers practising in the field of rail vehicle design, maintenance or modification as well as those undertaking research into performance issues related to these types of vehicles.

The information provided progresses from basic concepts and also terminology to the detailed explanations and techniques that provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter

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