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Computer models of freight cars with three-piece and Y25 bogies are considered and compared. Efficient numeric methods for simulation of vehicle models in the presence of frictional contacts are discussed. Some simulation results on derailment safety analysis and influence of track gauge value on freight-car dynamics are presented. Methods of stress loading and durability analysis based on computer simulation and some results are presented. A tribodynamic model of railway vehicle-track interaction and results of computation of wheel and rail profile wear are discussed.
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Kovalev, R., Lysikov, N., Mikheev, G. et al. Freight car models and their computer-aided dynamic analysis. Multibody Syst Dyn 22, 399–423 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-009-9170-6
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