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

Table 5

Results of the comparison in terms of tangential forces.

Case	Polach		FASTSIM		Proposed
	Fx	Fy	Fx	Fy	Fx	Fy
1	-26732 N	0 N	-27008 N	0 N	-2.6930 N	0
2	0 N	-25872 N	0 N	-25780 N	0 N	- 26150 N
3	0 N	-107 N	0 N	-107 N	0 N	-107 N
4	-16362 N	-16398 N	-16630 N	-14859 N	- 18199 N	-16250 N
5	-16098 N	-24147 N	-17928 N	-23955 N	-18241 N	-24373 N
6	-321 N	-25834 N	-361 N	-25887 N	-367 N	- 26276 N
7	321 N	-25834 N	361 N	-25887 N	367 N	-26276 N
8	323 N	8259 N	285 N	9364 N	335 N	-12414 N
9	-321 N	25834 N	362 N	25668 N	367 N	26024 N
10	-12606 N	-12606 N	-11409 N	-11937 N	-12850 N	-13445 N
11	0 N	-13954 N	0 N	-12866 N	0 N	-14292 N
12	-13421 N	-0.3 N	-12361 N	-40 N	-1.3721 N	-39 N
13	-5549 N	-5549 N	-5796 N	-4523 N	-6272 N	-4895 N
14	0 N	-4919 N	0 N	-4.701 N	0 N	-4947 N
15	-6254 N	0 N	-5916 N	-3.8 N	-6306 N	-3.8 N