High frequency railway vehicle-track dynamics through flexible rotating wheelsets

Some railway problems, such as the corrugation of rails or the impact caused by a wheelflat, are associated with a vehicle–track coupled dynamic phenomenon. Models for the analysis of these problems must account for the structural vibrations of the track components (rails and sleepers), but the most adequate approach for the wheelset has not been sufficiently investigated until present. The wheelset can be considered as an undeformable solid, as...