WAVE-PROPAGATION IN A FINITE CASCADE OF MASSES AND SPRINGS REPRESENTING A TRAIN

Authors
BAVINCK H DIETERMAN HA
Citation
H. Bavinck et Ha. Dieterman, WAVE-PROPAGATION IN A FINITE CASCADE OF MASSES AND SPRINGS REPRESENTING A TRAIN, Vehicle System Dynamics, 26(1), 1996, pp. 45-60
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
Vehicle System Dynamics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00423114
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
45 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-3114(1996)26:1<45:WIAFCO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The response of a train, modelled with a cascade of bodies and springs , due to a step force at the locomotive is investigated. In this model the mass of the locomotive and the last wagon may differ from that of the other wagons. An analytic solution is given for a finite and for a semi-infinite cascade and a comparison to the solution of a continuo us model is made.