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Railway Vehicle Dynamics under Degraded Adhesion Conditions: An Innovative HIL Architecture for Braking Tests on Full-Scale Roller-Rigs

2013; Volume: 2; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4203/ijrt.2.3.2

2053-602X

B. Allota, R. Conti, E. Meli, L. Pugi, A. Ridolfi,

Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis

In this paper an innovative Hardware In the Loop (HIL) architecture to test braking on board subsystems on full-scale roller-rigs is described.The new approach permits to reproduce on the roller-rig a generic wheel-rail adhesion pattern and, in particular, degraded adhesion conditions.The presented strategy is also followed by the innovative full-scale roller-rig of the Railway Research and Approval Center of Firenze-Osmannoro (Italy); the new roller-rig has been built by Trenitalia and is owned by SIMPRO.At this initial phase of the research activity, to effectively validate the proposed approach, a complete model of the HIL system has been developed.The complete numerical model is based on the real characteristics of the components provided by Trenitalia.The results coming from the simulation model have been compared to the experimental data provided by Trenitalia and relative to on-track tests performed in Velim, Czech Republic, with a UIC-Z1 coach equipped with a fully-working WSP system.The preliminary validation performed with the HIL model highlights the good performance of the HIL strategy in reproducing on the roller-rig the complex interaction between degraded adhesion conditions and railway vehicle dynamical behaviour during the braking manoeuvre.