Numerical Algorithms for the Analysis of Initial Configuration in a Railway Catenary Structure and Its Code Implementation: A Software Tool CALPE

Table 5

Length of the droppers and comparison results, reference [4], with presage.

	Dropper 1	Dropper 2	Dropper 3	Dropper 4	Dropper 5
	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)	(m)
Cho et al. [4], method 1	0.876	0.779	0.706	0.658	0.633
Cho et al. [4], method 2	0.875	0.778	0.705	0.657	0.633
Present work, method 1	0.87606	0.77881	0.70587	0.65725	0.63294
Present work, method 2	0.87607	0.77882	0.70588	0.65725	0.63295