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The article presents the validation of a numerical model of the electric multiple unit (EMU) driver’s cab. The subject of the study was the cab of the driver of the Impuls I rail vehicle of Newag S.A. The numerical model was developed in the LS-Dyna environment based on the documentation received from the manufacturer. The driver’s cab was modelled as shell elements, the additional parts required for the crash test were modelled as solid elements. Experimental research was carried out on the order of Newag S.A. on the experimental track of the Railway Institute in Węglewo near Zmigrod according to PN-EN 15227. The collision was recorded by 3 cameras used for fast changing phenomena. Additionally, acceleration sensors were placed at specific locations of the construction. The article presents results from experimental research and their comparison with the results of numerical simulation.
Mariusz Pawlak: The author gave a presentation of this paper during one of the conference sessions.
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The publication has been co-financed from the statutory grant of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in 2017. Calculations were carried out using the computer cluster Ziemowit (http://www.ziemowit.hpc.polsl.pl) funded by the Silesian BIO-FARMA project No. POIG.02.01.00-00-166/08 in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Laboratory of the Biotechnology Centre in the Silesian University of Technology.
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Wątroba, P., Pawlak, M., Gąsiorek, D. (2018). Validation of the Numerical Model of Impuls I Electric Multiple Unit Driver’s Cab. In: Awrejcewicz, J. (eds) Dynamical Systems in Applications. DSTA 2017. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 249. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96601-4_37
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