ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: The modelling of rail vehicle dynamics and train-track interaction has been the object of intensive research over the last 40 years at least, leading to the development of advanced mathematical models and tools for numerical simulation. These models however in most cases consider the case of a vehicle running in tangent track, neglecting the effects related with curving, whereas actually a number of train-track interaction phenomena are specific to curve negotiation, e.g. the generation of squeal noise and some types of rail head corrugation.
