Determining Effects of Wagon Mass and Vehicle Velocity on Vertical Vibrations of a Rail Vehicle Moving with a Constant Acceleration on a Bridge Using Experimental and Numerical Methods

Table 5

DOE of Taguchi and result of numerical simulations.

Mass (ton)	Velocity (km/h)	RMS value of vertical vibrations
20.75	150	0.0351351
20.75	175	0.0479867
20.75	200	0.0580008
20.75	225	0.0597233
20.75	250	0.0664698
21.81	150	0.0327729
21.81	175	0.0452646
21.81	200	0.0556734
21.81	225	0.0586297
21.81	250	0.0668451
22.87	150	0.0306099
22.87	175	0.0427376
22.87	200	0.0535974
22.87	225	0.0578077
22.87	250	0.0674095
23.93	150	0.0286403
23.93	175	0.040397
23.93	200	0.0517565
23.93	225	0.057224
23.93	250	0.0681211
25.00	150	0.0268451
25.00	175	0.0382161
25.00	200	0.0501209
25.00	225	0.0568453
25.00	250	0.0689533