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Computation of the initial equilibrium of railway overheads based on the catenary equation

O. López-García, A. Carnicero, V. Torres

Engineering Structures Vol. 28, nº. 10, pp. 1387 - 1394

Resumen:

A formulation based on the analytical catenary equation has been implemented to obtain the initial equilibrium state of railway overheads. Due to the intrinsic nonlinear behavior of catenaries, the Newton–Raphson method has been chosen to find the solution. The herein presented method provides fast, accurate and robust initial equilibrium conditions which can be readily plugged into other numerical methods to simulate the catenary–pantograph interaction dynamics. Moreover, the size of the resulting problem is only dependent on the number of droppers and spans of the catenary, which leads to a minimum size problem when it is compared to other numerical methods. The validity and accuracy of the method have been proved by comparing computed results to published results. The results show excellent agreement with the comparison data.


Palabras Clave: Catenary; Railway overhead; Initial equilibrium


Índice de impacto JCR y cuartil WoS: 0,813 (2006); 5,600 - Q1 (2023)

Referencia DOI: DOI icon https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.01.007

Publicado en papel: Agosto 2006.

Publicado on-line: Marzo 2006.



Cita:
O. López-García, A. Carnicero, V. Torres, Computation of the initial equilibrium of railway overheads based on the catenary equation. Engineering Structures. Vol. 28, nº. 10, pp. 1387 - 1394, Agosto 2006. [Online: Marzo 2006]


    Líneas de investigación:
  • *Sistemas Mecánicos: Mecánica estructural, elementos de máquinas, prototipado rápido, metrología dimensional
  • *Sistemas de Energía Eléctrica en el Ferrocarril

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