The Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and on Tracks

Robert Frohling

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9789026516290
• eBook ISBN: 9781000446456
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

These proceedings provide an authoritative source of information in the field of suspension design, vehicle-infrastructure interaction, mechatronics and vehicle control systems for road as well as rail vehicles. The research presented includes modelling and simulation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Optimal and robust design of a road vehicle suspension system
• Influences of suspension kinematics on pitching dynamics of cars in longitudinal manoeuvring
• Track settlement prediction using computer simulation tools
• Dynamic train/track interaction including state-dependent track properties and flexible vehicle components
• A new approach for the modelling of track geometry recording vehicles and the deconvolution of versine measurements
• A 3-level driver model and its application to driving simulations
• Driver models in vehicle development
• Analysis of driver’s steering and speed control strategies in curve negotiation
• A driver model as development tool for vehicle handling design
• An analysis of driver’s control algorithm using neural network modeling
• Load impacts at railway turnout crossing
• Simulation of wheel/rail interaction in turnouts and special track work
• Derailment simulation, parametric study
• Road test data procedures for evaluating the hunting instability threshold of a railway vehicle from on board measurements
• Self-steering trucks using unsymmetric suspension with independently rotating wheels - Comparison between stand tests and calculations
• The 4th IAVSD-Herbertov Workshop: “Modelling and simulation of mechatronic vehicles: Tools, standards and industry demands” - Objectives, issues and summary of results
• Industry demands on vehicle development - methods and tools
• Software tools for mechatronic vehicles: Design through modelling and simulation
• Methodologies for coupling simulation models and codes in mechatronic system analysis and design
• European activities and standardisation efforts in mechatronics
• Nonlinear cruise control concepts for vehicles in convoy
• Manual and automatic control of the longitudinal dynamics of individual motor vehicles
• Vision system for avoidance of lane-departure
• Angle of attack and distance-based criteria for flange climb derailment
• Guidance and stability of articulated railway vehicles with single axles and various forms of passive and active steering
• Performance analysis and experience gained with linear and non-linear wheelset guidance systems for trailing and motorised self-steering bogies
• Structural variable models for simulating the vehicle dynamics at low velocities
• Dynamics of flexible multibody systems having rolling contact: Application of the wheel element to the dynamics of road vehicles
• Parameter identification in heavy vehicle simulation
• A study of the performance and stability of articulated towing vehicle and boat trailer combinations
• An investigation of the effect of bogie and wagon pitch associated with longitudinal train dynamics
• Methods for the validation of algorithms for the simulation of longitudinal dynamics
• How to improve the running behaviour of freight wagons with UIC-link suspension
• Instability phenomena of a passenger coach, caused by internal yaw damper Flexibility
• A mechatronic approach for active influence on railway vehicle running behaviour
• Simulation and control design for mechatronic pantographs
• Mechatronic control of an actively guided rail vehicle
• Hardware-in-loop simulation of railway vehicles with tilting and active suspension systems
• Lateral dynamics of a railway vehicle in tangent track and curve: Tests and simulation
• Dynamic interaction between pantograph and overhead track equipment for heavy haul operations
• Modelling and simulation of catenary-pantograph interaction
• Tunnel mover guidance and stability
• Energy loss in truck tyres and suspensions
• A three-dimensional airspring model with friction and orifice damping
• On-board estimation of the rollover threshold of tractor semitrailers
• Hopf bifurcation and nonlinear oscillations in railway vehicle systems
• Dynamic modelling of an off-road vehicle for the design of a semi-active, hydropneumatic spring-damper system
• Ride control - A two-state suspension design for cabs and seats
• On-line estimation of local road gradient for improved steady state suspension deflection control
• Vehicle-track dynamics on a ramp and on the bridge: Simulation and measurements
• Investigation of contact stresses on the wheel/rail system at steady state Curving
• A comparison of various theories on the interaction between wheel and rail
• The effect of railway vehicle-track system geometric deviations and its dynamics in the turnout zone
• Wheelset control strategies for a two-axle railway vehicle
• Improvement of vehicle handling safety with vehicle side-slip control by direct yaw moment
• Effects of integrated control of active four wheel steering and individual wheel torque on vehicle handling and stability - A comparison of alternative control strategies
• Steer-by-wire-oriented steering system design: Concept and examination
• The development of an active roll control system for heavy vehicles
• Modelling the dynamics of a vehicle with active geometry suspension
• A fast wheel-rail forces calculation computer code
• Compatibility of curving performance and hunting stability of railway bogie
• Lateral vibration of middle cars of Shinkansen train in tunnel section (Analysis of running characteristics of test train due to gap flow induced model)
• Olley’s “Flat Ride” revisited
• Dynamic feasibility study of a large high-speed cable car
• Titles and authors of poster papers
• List of participants