RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nangolo, Fillemon
A1 Soukup, Josef
T1 The Effect of Asymmetry on Vertical Dynamic Response of Railway Vehicles
JF Manufacturing Technology Journal
YR 2014
VO 14
IS 3
SP 375
OP 380
DO 10.21062/ujep/x.2014/a/1213-2489/MT/14/3/375
UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201403-0025.php
AB An experimental and analytical study on the effect of asymmetry on vertical dynamic response of railway vehicles has been conducted. The experimental study featured a typical vehicle model of laboratory scale and a real railway vehicle wagon. The experiment was used to gain insight into the effect of asymmetry on vertical dynamic response and to validate an analytical model of the vehicle-track interaction. This paper presents the results from the study and shows that mechanical asymmetry changes the behaviors of the system. The current contribution introduces a methodology of analytical solution of vertical dynamic response of the railway vehicle. Moreover, a mathematical model according to the physical system considered was developed under MATLAB environment.