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Rail Vehicle Dynamics

  • Introduction to the topic

  • Backgrounds of the theory behind as general vibration theory are repeated

  • Of interest to students and practitioners

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 1-15
  3. Modeling of Vehicle, Track, and Excitation

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 17-32
  4. Modeling of Wheel/Rail Contact

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 33-79
  5. Vertical Dynamics, Equations of Motion, and Free Vibrations

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 81-105
  6. Random Vibrations due to Stochastic Track Irregularities

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 127-140
  7. Human Perception of Vibrations - Ride Comfort

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 141-157
  8. Introduction to Lateral Dynamics of Railway Vehicles

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 159-168
  9. Derivation of Equations of Motion for Lateral Dynamics

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 169-178
  10. Lateral Eigenbehavior and Stability of a Wheelset on Straight Track

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 179-194
  11. Lateral Eigenbehaviour and Stability of Bogies

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 195-224
  12. Lateral Eigenbehavior and Stability of Bogie Vehicles

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 225-235
  13. Introduction to Non-linear Stability Investigations

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 237-248
  14. Quasistatic Curving Behavior

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 249-272
  15. Determination of Load Collectives for Vehicle Components

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 273-295
  16. Appendix

    • Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel
    Pages 297-315
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 317-321

About this book

This book on the dynamics of rail vehicles is developed from the manuscripts for a class with the same name at TU Berlin. It is directed mainly to master students with pre-knowledge in mathematics and mechanics and engineers that want to learn more. The important phenomena of the running behaviour of rail vehicles are derived and explained. Also recent research results and experience from the operation of rail vehicles are included. One focus is the description of the complex wheel-rail contact phenomena that are essential to understand the concept of running stability and curving. A reader should in the end be able to understand the background of simulation tools that are used by the railway industry and universities today.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Klaus Knothe

  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Sebastian Stichel

About the authors

Klaus Knothe, Master in Mathematics and Civil Engineering TU Darmstadt 1963. Promotion (PhD) Mechanical Engineering, TU Berlin 1967; Habilitation Mechanical Engineering, TU Berlin 1969; Professor at TU Berlin since 1970; retired 2002; several Research Projects together with Deutsche Bahn: Lectures (among others) in Finite Element Method, Structural Dynamics and Rail Vehicle Dynamics; publication of more than 260 papers, among them 4 books. Member of the Editorial Board of Vehicle System Dynamics.

Sebastian Stichel has a Master in Vehicle Engineering from the Technical University Berlin 1992 and a PhD from the same University 1996.He joined Bombardier in Västerås in 2000. From 200 to 2010 he was Manager for Vehicle Dynamics at Bombardier. Since 2010 he is Professor in Rail Vehicle Dynamics at KTH Stockholm.

 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rail Vehicle Dynamics

  • Authors: Klaus Knothe, Sebastian Stichel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45376-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45374-3Published: 01 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83278-4Published: 04 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45376-7Published: 23 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 321

  • Number of Illustrations: 152 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Original version published by SpringerVieweg 2003

  • Topics: Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Transportation

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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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