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Impacts of implementing stochastic excitation to assess anomalies on railway vehicle dynamic model.
 
 
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Department of Railway Vehicles and Vehicle System Analysis, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
 
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Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
 
These authors had equal contribution to this work
 
 
Submission date: 2024-12-15
 
 
Final revision date: 2025-02-28
 
 
Acceptance date: 2025-05-29
 
 
Online publication date: 2025-07-16
 
 
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Péter Ferencz   

Railway Vehicles and Vehicle System Analysis, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Muegyetem rkp. 3., 1111, Budapest, Hungary
 
 
 
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This paper investigates the effects of incorporating stochastic features into the simulation of a dynamic suspension system. The study is motivated by a real-world anomaly phenomenon observed in railway vehicles, where changes in the stiffness of rubber springs during operation can lead to irregular motion. A series of tests were conducted to characterize these stiffness variations and their dynamic behavior under stochastic excitation. Using a simplified, symmetrically structured model, the study demonstrates that such changes can initiate system anomalies, accelerating the deterioration of the system’s technical state and potentially leading to a significant reduction in component lifetime.
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