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There are a varity of nonlinear topics in railway vehicle dynamics. In this paper we examine a simple nonlinear model of the motion of a suspended railway wheelset in the low velocity range between 0 and 13 m/s. The wheels have conical wheel profile and roll on a straight and horizontal track unaffected by external torques. The suspension elements have linear characteristics. The nonlinear part is given by the relation between the creepage and the creep forces in the ideal contact point between the wheel and the track. The effect of flange contact is modelled by a very stiff spring with a dead band.
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Slivsgaard, E., Knudsen, C. (1993). Chaos in a Model of a Railway Wheelset. In: Christiansen, P.L., Eilbeck, J.C., Parmentier, R.D. (eds) Future Directions of Nonlinear Dynamics in Physical and Biological Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1609-9_28
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