Research Article

A Two-Step Composite Time Integration Scheme for Vehicle-Track Interaction Analysis considering Contact Separation

Table 1

Vehicle and track parameters.

Parameters (units)Value

Static wheel load (N)82000
Wheelset mass (kg)500
Rail flexural rigidity, EI (N·m2)4864500
Rail mass (kg/m)119
Track stiffness (N/m2)200
Track damping (N·s/m2)30
Hertz constant, G (N/m3/2)1011
Length of the track (m)60
Length of track element, L (m)0.6