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Accelerating Design and Analysis of High Speed Railcars at Changchun Railway Vehicles
Challenge
Development of high-speed trains requires more intensive use of CAE Six weeks to build CAE models with existing solution

Solution
HyperMesh for building railcar models for ANSYS simulations OptiStruct to optimize performance

Benefits
Reduction of modeling time by 50% (from six to three weeks) Better mesh quality improved result accuracy Better design performance as a result of integrated optimization

Its not just that we can build up a HyperMesh model more quickly, of all the CAE software
that Ive used or seen, HyperMesh delivers the finest model quality.
Dr. Xuedong Yan, Chief Information Officer, Changchun Railway Vehicle Company, China

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Case Study Reducing Development Time at STADLER Challenge

Need more efficient simulation process to reduce development time Glacier Express: need to reduce weight due to operation conditions in the mountains

Solution
HyperWorks Simulation Framework to reduce modeling time for simulations Optimization to reduce structural weight

Results
20% reduction in simulation time 15% less material as a result of simulation in the design process We decided to use HyperWorks because it exactly matches our request for an engineering framework and also included optimization software.
Dr. Alois Starlinger Head of Certification, STADLER, Switzerland

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Energy Absorber System Design

Challenge
Development of energy absorber system to meet new European Safety Requirements New concept for high-speed trains

Solution
RADIOSS for crash simulation Calibration of test-simulation results Hyperstudy - Design variations to optimize performance Simulation of various impact scenarios
AGV vs. AGV AGV vs. freight wagon AGV vs deformable obstacle

Results
AGV compliant with new regulations Entire energy absorption in front train section

Force vs. time during impac

Blue:RADIOSS Red: Test

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XTER Railcar - Crash Analysis

Contacts between the wheels and the rails determined using the geometry of the wheels and not the mesh of it.

Frontal crash absorber

Simulation using RADIOSS

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Reducing Parachutist Injury Risk

Challenge
Electric railway crossing parachutist landing area Layout of overhead electric wire protection system to minimize parachutist injury at impact Initial configuration: protective metallic net with four horizontal cables

Solution
RADIOSS for explicit simulation with Hybrid III dummy model Goal: minimize HIC value and forces on various parts of the body Simulation of 14 impact scenarios (various impact positions and zones along the protection device)

Results
Design modified by adding three additional cables Reduction of parachutist injury risk

By using simulation to assess the stiffness and improve the design of the protection device, we could prove that numerical dummies can be successfully used in different fields
Didier Lvque, Safety Manager SNCF, France

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Process Automation Report Generation

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Improve Ride/Noise of Locomotive Cab using System Engineering Approach

Challenge Reduce noise levels in cab while improving ride characteristics Solution Characterize locomotive sub-systems from track to cab using finite element simulation Propose and evaluate strategies for ride/noise

Results Best strategy improves ride in cab by factor of 10 while reducing noise Novel solution for locomotive developed for implementation

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High Speed Rail

AcuSolve Product Suite Challenge: Aerodynamics of passing trains creates noise and forces that can affect mechanical performance and passenger comfort (e.g. your seat can rotate or yaw as you pass another bullet train in the opposite direction Solution: AcuSolves accuracy on a transient sliding mesh simulation allowed accurate prediction of both phenomena Business Impact: Accurate simulation reduces expensive experimental testing and validations of proposed high speed train design and modifications to external structures (e.g. pantographs

AcuSolves uniqie Finite Element Based formulation (GLS) enables accuracy such that the transient forces on the high speed rail car can be calculated accurately along with the noise created by structures on train body