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

Table 3

Comparison of standard EN50318 and the simulation results.

	EN50318		Simulation results
Velocity ()	250	300	250	300
Mean contact force ()	110–120	110–120	119.98	119.80
Maximum statistician ()	190–210	210–230
Minimum statistician ()	20–40	−5–20
Maximum real ()	175–210	190–225	208.58	223.89
Minimum real ()	50–70	30–55	50.95	38.52
Maximum uplift at support ()	48–55	55–65	54.1	61.1
Percentage of loss of contact (%)	0	0	0	0