Secondary suspension of railway vehicles - air spring modelling: Performance and critical issues

This paper shows the importance of modelling the components of the suspension when performing dynamics simulations of a railway vehicle. Focusing on the air spring secondary suspension, a process to define an accurate component model is proposed based on a combination of laboratory tests and model identification techniques. Six models for the air spring secondary suspension are discussed and assessed based on comparison with experiments.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409712470641
• Record URL:
  http://pif.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/228/3/225
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Mazzola, Laura
  • Berg, Mats
• Publication Date: 2014-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 225-241
• Serial:
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
  • Volume: 228
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 0954-4097
  • EISSN: 2041-3017
  • Serial URL: http://pif.sagepub.com/content/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air springs; Computer models; Performance; Railroad trains; Train track dynamics
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01519525
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:07AM