railFE User Guide

Introduction

• railFE: Simplified Vehicle Track Interaction Model
• Table of Contents
• Background
• Model Description
• System Equations and State Space representation:
• Install
• Usage
  • Examples
• Maintainers
• Contributing
  • Contributors
• License

Using railFE

• Rail Modelling
• Software Features
• Input
• Output

Examples

• 4 DOF Timoshenko element shape functions
• Track Frequency Response Evaluation
• Time integration for impulse
• Time integration with varying track parameters

Python API

• railFE package
  • Submodules
  • railFE.MatrixAssemblyOperations module
  • railFE.Newmark_NL module
  • railFE.SystemAssembly module
  • railFE.TimoshenkoBeamModel module
  • railFE.TrackModelAssembly module
  • railFE.UnitConversions module
  • railFE.VehicleModelAssembly module
  • Module contents

Help and support

• Help and support

Appendices

• References