Thesis - Final

Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End Advisors:
Zewdu Abdi (Dr.-Ing)
Tolossa Deberie (M.Sc.)
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November 29, 2017 FISEHA MENGISTEAB ferm2438@gmail.com
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Influence of passenger rail vehicle parameters on ride quality
(Parametric analysis)
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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Influence of rail vehicle parameters on ride quality
Rail way transportation

Title Development of new technologies
Low cost transportation with better: Enhancing performance of
Chapter 01 Increased demand on :
Speed
Speed rail way vehicles
Chapter 02 Capacity
Capacity
Chapter 03
Ride quality
Safety
Rail vehicle dynamic response Limited by reliable:
Chapter 04
Equilibrium of forces exerted by: Safety
Chapter 05 Wheel rail contact Ride quality
Acknowledge Inertia
End Gravity
Rail vehicle dynamic
Suspension
response
Excitation, etc.
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Title Rail vehicle dynamic response

Chapter 01 Can be improved by:
Chapter 02
Limited by performance criteria:
Chapter 03 Lateral stability

Wheel rail interface Varying track vehicle
Ride quality
Chapter 04 Changing characteristics: Configuration
Curve negotiation ability
Friction Suspension parameters
Chapter 05 Wear
Geometry Track parameters
Dynamic loading
Acknowledge
Elasticity
End
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Title
General objective of the study
Chapter 01 Study influence of passenger rail vehicle parameters on vertical and lateral car body
Chapter 02 accelerations on frequency ranges of human body vibration sensitivity:

0.5 to 2Hz for lateral acceleration
Chapter 03
5 to 10Hz for vertical acceleration
Chapter 04
Challenges faced
Chapter 05
Lack of design data
Acknowledge Software
End No experience
Rail way resources are not easily available
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Title Contribution of the study
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Knowledge transfer
Chapter 03
Modeling and simulation of rail vehicles using SIMPACK
Chapter 04
Effect of vehicle parameters on car body accelerations
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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Significance of the study

Title
Chapter 01
Performance criteria:
Maintenance
Chapter 02 Lateral stability
o Replacement of existing vehicle components Ride quality
Chapter 03
Curve negotiation ability
Design
Chapter 04 Wear
o Design of optimum rail vehicle Dynamic loading
Chapter 05
Acknowledge Limit
End
Improved rail vehicle dynamics with Parametric Wheel rail interface characteristics
better safety, ride quality etc. analysis Track vehicle parameters
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Influence of rail vehicle parameters on ride behavior
Title Studies conducted on rail vehicle dynamics Limitations and gaps

Chapter 01 Degrees of freedom Using arbitrary excitations
Chapter 02 Lateral dynamics Neglecting non linear behaviors

Vertical dynamics All DOFs were not considered
Chapter 03
Coupled vertical and lateral dynamics Influence of component parameters on rail
Chapter 04
Mathematical modeling using Lagrangian method vehicle dynamics were not addressed
Chapter 05 Analysis- time integration
Acknowledge
End
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Title 3.1. Materials
Chapter 01 Passenger rail vehicle

SIMPACK Software
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Schematic diagram of passenger rail vehicle
Acknowledge
End
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Title
Chapter 01
3.2. Simulation conditions
Chapter 02
Straight and rigid standard gauge track of length 10Km
Chapter 03 Constant velocity along track, V = 25m/s
Chapter 04
Component masses were considered to be rigid
Friction was not considered between components
Chapter 05
Identical wheel profiles and all wheels remains in contact with the rails
Acknowledge
Bogie bolster was assumed as a car bodys integral part
End
Axle box was assumed as a wheel sets integral part
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3.3. Methods
Title INPUT
Computer simulation using SIMPACK Track vehicle design data
Chapter 01 Simulation conditions
Chapter 02
MODELING
Track vehicle
Chapter 03 Parameter variation
SIMPACK Pre
Chapter 04
ANALYSIS
Time integration
Chapter 05
Acknowledge POST PROCESSING

Filtering
End SIMPACK Post Integration statistics
Plotting
Animation
Fig. 3.1. Simulation flow chart

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Title
Parameter variation INPUT
Chapter 01 Track vehicle design data
-25% to +25% of the original values of: Simulation conditions
Chapter 02
bogie wheel base MODELING
Chapter 03 Track vehicle
vertical & lateral stiffness values of primary and Parameter variation
Chapter 04
secondary suspensions
ANALYSIS
Chapter 05
vertical & lateral damping coefficients of primary Time integration
Acknowledge
and secondary suspensions POST PROCESSING
End Filtering
car body mass, pitch (Iyy), roll (Ixx) and yaw (Izz) Integration statistics
Plotting
moments of inertias Animation
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Title
INPUT
Chapter 01 Analysis Track vehicle design data
Simulation conditions
Chapter 02 SIMPACK solvers convert the modeling elements
MODELING
and model structure into a set of nonlinear ordinary Track vehicle
Chapter 03
Vehicle track interaction
differential equations and solve them i.e.: Parameter variation
Chapter 04
Generation of equations of motion ANALYSIS

Chapter 05
Time integration
Lagrange method
Acknowledge
End Solving equations of motion

POST PROCESSING
Filtering
Time integration Integration statistics
Plotting
Animation
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4.1: Results
Title INPUT
Track vehicle design data
Chapter 01 Post processing (history of the integration solver) Simulation conditions
Chapter 02
MODELING
Integration setting: Integration statistics: Track vehicle
Chapter 03 Vehicle track interaction
Integration method: SODASRT 2 Stop time: 350 s Parameter variation
Chapter 04 Start time: 0 Integration steps: 81,154
ANALYSIS
End time: 350 s Mean step size: 0.004 Time integration
Chapter 05
Min step size: 0 Min step size: 1e-05
Acknowledge
Max step size: 0.1 Max step size: 0.018 POST PROCESSING
End Filtering
Initial step size: 1e-05 Integration statistics
Plotting
Animation

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Post processing (plot of analysis results)

Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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Post processing (filtering analysis results)

Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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Post processing (animation of analysis results)

Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.1.1: Validation of simulation results

Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
From test
Acknowledge
End
From simulation
PSD of vertical acceleration (in (m/s2)2/Hz)

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4.1.1: Validation of simulation results

Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
From test
Acknowledge
End
From simulation
PSD of lateral acceleration (in (m/s2)2/Hz)
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4.1.2: Limitations of the comparison

Title
Chapter 01 The car body in modeling was assumed as a rigid body
Chapter 02 Braking system, and other systems were not incorporated in modeling and simulation
Chapter 03 The mass of the track was not considered to any of assigned degree of freedom
Chapter 04
In actual testing the sensor for acceleration measurements was placed at floor level of bogie pivot but in
simulations the acceleration was determined at car body floor just above a bogie center
Chapter 05
The effect of wind drag forces were not considered

Acknowledge
End Time gap between random inputs measurements of track and acceleration measurements of vehicle
The track irregularities considered were not the same in both actual and simulation
In practice, defects may occur

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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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4.2: Discussions
Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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Conclusions
Title
Vertical ride is improved by increasing: Lateral ride is improved by increasing:
Chapter 01
Car body mass Car body mass
Chapter 02
Car body pitch mass moment of inertia Car body roll mass moment of inertia
Chapter 03
Secondary suspension vertical stiffness Car body yaw mass moment of inertia
Chapter 04
Secondary suspension vertical damping Secondary suspension lateral stiffness
Chapter 05
Primary suspension vertical stiffness Secondary suspension lateral damping
Acknowledge
Primary suspension vertical damping Primary suspension lateral stiffness
End
Bogie wheel base Primary suspension lateral damping
Bogie wheel base
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Future works
Title
Chapter 01
The following works can be proposed as future work directions.
Chapter 02
Flexible car body
Chapter 03
Optimization of rail vehicle parameters
Chapter 04
Track parameters such as flexibility, mass, geometry etc.
Chapter 05
Wind, braking and traction systems etc.
Acknowledge
End These were not considered in the current study but they do influence rail vehicle dynamics; therefore,
they are engineering problems which need to be studied.
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Title ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
The researcher is extremely thankful to Dr.Ing Zewdu Abdi and ato Tolossa Deberie
Thanks are also due to Addis Ababa institute of technology and Ethiopian Railways Corporation.
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
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Title
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Acknowledge
End
End
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Title

Rail way transportation

Title Rail vehicle dynamic response

Chapter 03 Lateral stability

Chapter 02 accelerations on frequency ranges of human body vibration sensitivity:

Title Contribution of the study

Significance of the study

Title Studies conducted on rail vehicle dynamics Limitations and gaps

Chapter 02 Lateral dynamics Neglecting non linear behaviors

Title 3.1. Materials

Chapter 01 Passenger rail vehicle

Acknowledge POST PROCESSING

Fig. 3.1. Simulation flow chart

Generation of equations of motion ANALYSIS

End Solving equations of motion

Fig. 3.1. Simulation flow chart

Post processing (plot of analysis results)

Post processing (filtering analysis results)

Post processing (animation of analysis results)

4.1.1: Validation of simulation results

PSD of vertical acceleration (in (m/s2)2/Hz)

4.1.1: Validation of simulation results

PSD of lateral acceleration (in (m/s2)2/Hz)

4.1.2: Limitations of the comparison

Chapter 01 The car body in modeling was assumed as a rigid body

The effect of wind drag forces were not considered

In practice, defects may occur

Bogie wheel base

they are engineering problems which need to be studied.

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