Virtual testing environment tools for railway vehicle certification

Bezin, Yann, Funfschilling, C., Kraft, S and Mazzola, L. (2015) Virtual testing environment tools for railway vehicle certification. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 229 (6). pp. 755-769. ISSN 0954-4097

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Abstract

This paper describes the work performed in Work Package 6 of the European project DynoTRAIN. Its task was to investigate the effects that uncertainties present within the track and running conditions have on the simulated behaviour of a railway vehicle. Methodologies and frameworks for using virtual simulation and statistical tools, in order to reduce both the cost and time required for the certification of new or modified railway vehicles, were proposed. In particular, the project developed a virtual test track (VTT) toolkit that is capable of both generating a series of test tracks based on measurements, which can be used in vehicle virtual testing using computer simulation models, and also automatically handling the output results. The toolkit is compliant with prEN14363: 2013. The VTT was used as an experimental tool to analyse cross-correlations between track data (input) and matching vehicle response (output) based on data recorded using a test train. This paper discusses the issues encountered in the process and suggests avenues for future developments and potential use in the context of European cross-acceptance. The VTT offers benefits to the areas of design development and regulatory certification.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TF Railroad engineering and operation
Schools:	School of Computing and Engineering School of Computing and Engineering > Institute of Railway Research
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Depositing User:	Sharon Beastall
Date Deposited:	04 Nov 2015 10:44
Last Modified:	23 Dec 2016 00:23
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26358

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