Ride Comfort Analysis for 2-Car and 3-Car Articulated Vehicles by using Flexible Car Body Model

초록

The dynamic model was modified by using the multi-body dynamics analyzing software to have the flexible car body floors to allow their deflections during vehicle running. In the passenger compartment of the bi-modal tram (2-car and 3-car), ride comfort of standing and seating passengers were evaluated as the specific vehicle speed mode according to the frequency weighting, processes, and criteria described in the ISO 2631-1. On the basis of the analysis results, ride comfort of the bi-modal tram vehicle composed of 2-car and 3-car was discussed in this paper.