Modelling rail track electrical behaviour using two-dimensional finite elements

Author

Hill, R. John ; Brillante, Sergio ; Leonard, Paul J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Bath Univ., UK

fYear

1996

fDate

30 Apr-2 May 1996

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

109

Abstract

Methodology for the calculation of electromagnetic fields around the track in electric railroad traction systems using the finite element method is described. A two-dimensional model, exploiting longitudinal track symmetry, is exploited to obtain information about the surrounding potentials and fields. The stored and dissipated energies in the fields for common and differential mode track excitation are then used to calculate the transmission line equivalent circuit parameters

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; equivalent circuits; finite element analysis; power overhead lines; railways; transmission line theory; catenary; common mode track excitation; differential mode track excitation; dissipated energies; electric potentials; electromagnetic field; longitudinal track symmetry; rail track electrical behaviour; stored energies; transmission line equivalent circuit parameters; two-dimensional finite elements; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite element methods; Magnetic circuits; Material properties; Power engineering and energy; Power system measurements; Power system modeling; Rails; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Railroad Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 ASME/IEEE Joint

Conference_Location

Oakbrook, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3351-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.1996.507965

Filename

507965