Research Article
A Numerical Method Based on the Parametric Variational Principle for Simulating the Dynamic Behavior of the Pantograph-Catenary System
Table 4
Parameters of the elastic stitched catenary CH160-Y.
| ā | Contact wire | Messenger wire | Assistant wire |
| Linear mass () | 1.07 | 0.602 | 0.31 | Area () | 120 | 153 | 35 | Elastic modulus () | | | | Tension () | 13 | 17 | 2.8 |
| Number of span | 5 | Span length () | 65 | Structure height () | 1.5 | Mass of supporting bracket () | 1.873 | Stiffness of supporting bracket () | | Mass of registration arm () | 0.53 | Location of the droppers () | | Mass of droppers () | 1.51, 0.93, 0.84, 0.81, 0.84. 0.93, 1.51 | Stiffness of droppers () | 1.21, 1.37, 1.52, 1.57, 1.52, 1.37, 1.21 |
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