• Title of article

    Fast Method to Evaluate Payload Effect on In-Train Forces of FreightTrains

  • Author/Authors

    Arcidiacono, Gabriele Department of Innovation and Information Engineering - Marconi University, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Rome, Italy , Berni, Rossella Department of Statistics - Computer Science and Applications - University of Florence, “G. Parenti”, Viale Morgagni,59, 50134, Florence, Italy , Cantone, Luciano Department of Engineering for Enterprise “Mario Lucertini” -University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico,1, 00133 Rome, Italy , Nikiforova, Nedka D. Department of Statistics - Computer Science and Applications - University of Florence, “G. Parenti”, Viale Morgagni,59, 50134, Florence, Italy , Placidoli, Pierpaolo Department of Innovation and Information Engineering - Marconi University, Via Plinio, 44, 00193 Rome, Italy

  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    77
  • To page
    87
  • Abstract
    ntroduction:This paper introduces a fast method to evaluate the effect of payload distribution on in-train forces. Methods:The method is based on Strong Orthogonal Arrays (SOA) and the excellent space-filling properties of Latin Hypercube Design(LHD): SOA-based-LHD is proved to be very efficient in spanning the range of in-train forces for different types of trains (alsoconsidering distributed power/braking) and trains operations. Results:The distribution of the percentage of braked mass is used to consider the effect of payload distribution on in-train forces. Because ofits computational efficiency, the method proposed here can be satisfactorily employed to perform an optimization analysis of traincomposition.
  • Farsi abstract
    فاقد چكيده فارسي
  • Keywords
    Freight trains , Payload distribution , Longitudinal train dynamics (LTD) , Statistical approach , Strong orthogonal array(SOA) , TrainDy
  • Journal title
    Open Transportation Journal
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Record number

    2563829