The Manchester Benchmarks for Rail Vehicle Simulation

by Simon Iwnicki

This book contains the results of the Manchester Benchmarking exercise for railway vehicle dynamics simulation packages. Five of the main computer packages -- Adamsrail/Medyna, Gensys, Nucars, Simpack, Vampire -- currently used for this purpose have taken part in the exercise. The results are presented in the form of tables and plots comparing how each package predicts the vehicle behaviour. These results are discussed and the differences analysed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9026515510
• ISBN13: 9789026515514
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 9.7"