Research Article

A Novel Analytical Method to Calculate Wheel-Rail Tangential Forces and Validation on a Scaled Roller-Rig

Table 4

Data adopted for the comparison of the methods, from [1].

CaseabC11C22C23

16×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.470.00400 m−1
26×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.4700.0040 m−1
36×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.47000.004 m−1
46×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.470.0020.0020.002 m−1
56×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.470.0040.0060 m−1
66×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.470.000050.0040.008 m−1
76×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.47-0.000050.0040.008 m−1
86×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.47-0.00005-0.0040.8 m−1
96×10−3 m6×10−3 m4.123.671.470.00005-0.0040.008 m−1
107.5×10−3 m1.5×10−3 m7.788.146.630.0020.0020 m−1
117.5×10−3 m1.5×10−3 m7.788.146.6300.0020.002 m−1
127.5×10−3 m1.5×10−3 m7.788.146.630.00200.002 m−1
131.5×10−3 m7.5×10−3 m3.372.630.6030.0020.0020 m−1
141.5×10−3 m7.5×10−3 m3.372.630.60300.0020.002 m−1
151.5×10−3 m7.5×10−3 m3.372.630.6030.00200.002 m−1