This paper presents a new developed automated system used for flaw detection and classification on railway wheels. The described system uses the principle of non-destructive method based magnetic particle inspection. Our proposed and finally constructed automated system is used in industrial applications where non-destructive testing of railway wheels is desired. As a part of testing line, it i...

In this paper, analysis for reducing lateral forces is implemented by using a railway vehicle model on a sharp curved track. Also, in order to minimize some problems when a railway vehicle runs on a sharp curved track, an active-steering bogie system is investigated. An active steering bogie system of a railway vehicle is designed to alleviate contact forces and to decrease wear of wheel/rail i...

In the range of recent years, sensing technologies has expanded widely, whereas sensor devices have become cheaper. This led to rapid expansion in condition monitoring of systems, structures, vehicles, and machinery that are using sensors. Wireless sensor networks can now be used for monitoring the railway infrastructure such as bridges, rail tracks, track beds, and many track equipment along w...

DLR’s Vehicle System Dynamics group has a long tradition in the computational analysis of railway vehicles’ dynamics. The group’s main focus used to be on the development of software tools for the efficient analysis of general mechanical systems with a special emphasis on the dynamics of ground vehicles like automobiles, railway vehicles and aircraft landing gears. The respective research activ...