Output details
14 - Civil and Construction Engineering
University of Birmingham
Article title
Integration of crosswind forces into train dynamic modelling
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
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Title of journal
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Article number
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Volume number
225
Issue number
F2
First page of article
154
ISSN of journal
0954-4097
Year of publication
2011
URL
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Number of additional authors
4
Additional information
An increasing number of crosswind related accidents of high-speed trains have been reported recently. The current methods for assessing crosswind stability are based on the use of an averaged crosswind force in estimating the train wheel-unloading, neglecting the variations of the wind velocity. This paper proposed a novel method that takes data from wind tunnel testing or from CFD computations and combines these with fluctuating wind velocity to produce varying crosswind forces. The method is accurate and allows realistic crosswind forces to be applied to a vehicle dynamics simulation for a long length of track to calculate the wheel unloading.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
A - Fluid Mechanics
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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