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This book contains the results of the Manchester Benchmarking exercise, which was conducted to compare the performance of five different railway vehicle dynamics simulation packages. The packages were Adamsrail/Medyna, Gensys, Nucars, Simpack, and Vampire, and each was used to predict the vehicle behaviour. The results of the exercise were then discussed and the differences between the packages analyzed. Additionally, six additional papers provide examples of the way railway vehicle dynamic behaviour is simulated using different packages.
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. Comments made by simulators themselves are set out in a separate section. In addition to the simulation results, each simulator has supplied a statement of methods. This statement sets out the way in which each package was used to carry out the simulations and details the approximations made. In addition, six further papers give examples of the way railway vehicle dynamic behaviour is simulated in a variety of applications using different packages.
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