On the generation of enhanced lookup tables for wheel-rail contact models

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • F. Marques - , Universidade do Minho (Autor:in)
  • H. Magalhães - , Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon, Universidade de Lisboa (Autor:in)
  • B. Liu - , Polytechnic University of Milan (Autor:in)
  • J. Pombo - , Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon, Universidade de Lisboa (Autor:in)
  • P. Flores - , Universidade do Minho (Autor:in)
  • J. Ambrósio - , Universidade de Lisboa (Autor:in)
  • J. Piotrowski - , Warsaw University of Technology (Autor:in)
  • S. Bruni - , Polytechnic University of Milan (Autor:in)

Abstract

In railway dynamics, the interpolation of lookup tables (LUTs) is a procedure utilized to reduce the computational effort when computing the wheel-rail contact forces. However, the generation of LUTs with multiple inputs and multiple outputs is a challenging task for which aspects such as their minimal size and uniform accuracy over the LUT domain have not been systematically addressed in the literature. Thus, this work presents a comprehensive methodology for a detailed analysis of general LUTs, and identifies ways to improve them. For that, an analysis of the variation of the input parameters is made and the interpolation error is assessed on the cells and edges of the original table, then, based on this analysis, two enhanced LUTs are proposed. The first one is approximately 5 times smaller than the original but holds similar accuracy. The second table exhibits half of the maximum interpolation error of the original LUT but holds an identical size. The methodology is demonstrated here using the recently published Kalker Book of Tables for Non-Hertzian contact (KBTNH) but it can be used by any other LUT approach in order to improve accuracy and/or to reduce size.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer202993
FachzeitschriftWear
Jahrgang434-435
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 Sept. 2019
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-2482-8729/work/199964209

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Accuracy, Efficiency, Lookup tables, Non-hertzian contact, Wheel-rail contact