Temperature-dependent Mullins Effect in Anti-vibration Rubber for Railway Vehicles

Control for Railway Vehicles

Anisotropic modeling of the Mullins effect and the residual strain of filled silicone rubber

Many rubber like materials present a stress-softening phenomenon known as Mullins effect. It is characterized by a difference of behavior between the first and second loading and by a residual strain after a first loading. Moreover according to the literature this stress softening is anisotropic. A new constitutive equation is proposed. It relies on the decomposition of the macromolecular netwo...

Considerations on the Excitation Mechanism of the Vertical Vibration Symmetrical and Antisymmetrical Modes in Railway Vehicles

The railway vehicles are complex oscillator systems featuring specific vibration characteristics. The symmetrical and antisymmetrical vibration modes represent a property of the railway vehicle vibrations, due to its symmetry in construction. The paper describes the excitation mechanism of the symmetrical and antisymmetrical modes in a vertical plan of a railway vehicle on a track with irregula...

The effect of railway local irregularities on ground vibration

The environmental effects of ground-borne vibrations generated due to localised railway defects is a growing concern in urban areas. Frequency domain modelling approaches are well suited for predicting vibration levels on standard railway lines due to track periodicity. However, when considering individual, non-periodic, localised defects (e.g. a rail joint), frequency domain modelling becomes ...

Automatic Slip Control for Railway Vehicles

In the railway industry, slip control has always been essential due to the low friction between the wheels and the rail. In this master’s thesis we have gathered several slip control methods and evaluated them. These evaluations were performed in Matlab-Simulink on a slip process model of a railway vehicle. The objective with these evaluations were to show advantages and disadvantages with the ...