Determination of conditions for search of optimal parameters of railway chassis suspensions

Abstract

The efficiency of resilient suspension is usually expressed through various combinations of resilient and viscous elements, defined by dynamic and viscosity coefficients and other parameters. The aim of this article is to identify the components of the objective function, establish their weighted values and parameter regimes, and todetermine fluctuation limits, initial values, and speeds of optimization parameters, which cannot be established a priori in advance. Calculations aimed at optimization of parameters show that the stability coefficient should be considered the main indicator ofthe objective function, as this is the first parameter to limit the running speed. Given the increasing speeds of trains, the presented method is very important in calculating suspensions.

Keywords

• dynamic and viscosity coefficients
• optimization parameters
• railway chassis suspensions