A Numerical Method Based on the Parametric Variational Principle for Simulating the Dynamic Behavior of the Pantograph-Catenary System

Table 1

Parameters of the beam and the moving mass [6].

Span length		60 m
Tension		20 kN
Linear mass		1.35 kg/m
Bending stiffness		136
Moving mass		3 kg
Preload		50 N
Travelling speed		m/s