A high performance tool for the simulation of the dynamic pantograph–catenary interaction

Angelines Alberto, Jesús Benet, Enrique Arias, David Cebrian, Tomás Rojo and Fernando Cuartero

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 2008, vol. 79, issue 3, 652-667

Abstract: In this paper a computer tool for the simulation of the dynamic pantograph–catenary interaction is presented. We model this interaction and study its behavior in the energy transmission process. The calculation of the dynamic equation of the pantograph–catenary interaction is considered from a simulation point of view by means of a high performance computing algorithm, where the amount of data and the time requirements have been dramatically reduced. Finally, the present algorithm has been used to implement an user-friendly, interactive and graphically oriented toolbox whose design is presented in this work. This tool is used for the static and dynamic analysis of a catenaries system, which is shown by means of a real case of study.

Keywords: Pantograph–catenary interaction; Dynamical equation; Sparse matrices; High performance computing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.04.016

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