City tram collisions are simulated using multi-body dynamics. The aim of this paper is to investigate the collision-induced derailment. Simulation results demonstrate that the corner obstacle collision scenario defined in EN 15227 is mainly focused on the energy absorption process. Due to the large impact angle (45°), it is unlikely for a city tram to comply with this scenario without derailment. In order to avoid derailment, the maximum impact angle between city tram and oblique obstacle should be reduced to 25°. Moreover, some influence factors are analysed, such as mass of loaded passengers, friction coefficient, impact angle, etc. Derailment phenomenon is shown to be significantly dependent on these parameters. Two measures are proposed to prevent the collided city tram from derailment. One is using secondary lateral dampers to absorb collision energy. Another is increasing the lateral stiffness of secondary springs as well as the lateral clearance, so that more collision energy can be stored in the suspension. With these measures, the safety against derailment can be improved.


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    Title :

    Three-dimensional derailment analysis of a crashed city tram


    Contributors:
    Zhou, Hechao (author) / Wang, Wenbin (author) / Hecht, Markus (author)

    Published in:

    Vehicle System Dynamics ; 51 , 8 ; 1200-1215


    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    16 Seiten




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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