%0 Journal Article
%T Track geometry evaluation method based on vehicle response prediction
%J Vehicle system dynamics
%D 2010
%A Luber, Bernd
%A Haigermoser, Andreas
%A Grabner, Gerald
%V 48
%N Suppl 1
%P 157-173
%X Testing of the running characteristics of railway vehicles requires well-defined boundary conditions like track geometry quality. Test sections with the same track geometry quality must lead to the same dynamic vehicle response (VR) forces. The state-of-the-art methods do not fulfil this important requirement for a track quality definition. Our proposed method for track geometry assessment considers the vehicle/track interaction. 'Representative' transfer functions are used for the prediction of the vehicle reaction. Therefore, the results show a significant enhancement of the correlation between the track assessment quantities and the VR forces.<p />
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0042-3114
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00423111003692914