CaPaSIM statement of methods |
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| Authors: | Per-Anders Jönsson Sebastian Stichel Cecilia Nilsson |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 8, Stockholm SE-100 44, Swedenpjonsson@kth.se;3. Department of Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 8, Stockholm SE-100 44, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | In the present paper, the method for calculation of the dynamic pantograph–catenary interaction developed by the Royal Institute of Technology and the Swedish National Rail/Road administration (Trafikverket) is described and the results of the benchmark exercise are discussed. The method is based on the commercial Finite Element software ANSYS. The geometry of the catenary and pantograph is defined in a pre-processor, BARTRAD, developed by Trafikverket, and is automatically translated into an ANSYS model. Basically all types of catenary systems could be handled as well as different types of non-linearity. There are both 2D and 3D versions of the code existing. The results achieved in this first stage of the benchmark are well in line with the results from the other partners in the benchmark study |
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| Keywords: | pantograph–catenary interaction methods finite elements |
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