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    1) The document discusses how car body vertical flexibility influences passenger railway ride quality, with the car body's bending modes being the most important factors. 2) It presents various figures showing how car body vertical eigenfrequency should be above 10Hz for passenger comfort and to avoid resonances, and how structural flexibility increases acceleration amplitudes if not accounted for. 3) The document analyzes different studies on reducing car body vibrations, identifying bending, torsion, and breathing modes between 8-15Hz as most relevant for vertical ride comfort.

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    1) The document discusses how car body vertical flexibility influences passenger railway ride quality, with the car body's bending modes being the most important factors. 2) It presents various figures showing how car body vertical eigenfrequency should be above 10Hz for passenger comfort and to avoid resonances, and how structural flexibility increases acceleration amplitudes if not accounted for. 3) The document analyzes different studies on reducing car body vibrations, identifying bending, torsion, and breathing modes between 8-15Hz as most relevant for vertical ride comfort.

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    1) The document discusses how car body vertical flexibility influences passenger railway ride quality, with the car body's bending modes being the most important factors. 2) It presents various figures showing how car body vertical eigenfrequency should be above 10Hz for passenger comfort and to avoid resonances, and how structural flexibility increases acceleration amplitudes if not accounted for. 3) The document analyzes different studies on reducing car body vibrations, identifying bending, torsion, and breathing modes between 8-15Hz as most relevant for vertical ride comfort.

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    Influencesofcarbodyverticalflexibilityonridequalityofpassengerrailwayvehicles

    All studies agree that the car body bending modes are the most important factors that significantly
    influencetheverticalridequality
    verticalbending,diagonaldistortion,andtorsion,whichwereconsideredthemostimportantmodeswith
    respecttocarbodyHowever,allstudiesagreethatthecarbodybendingmodesarethemostimportant
    factorsthatsignificantlyinfluencetheverticalridequality.
    MethodsforReducingVerticalCarbodyVibrationsofaRailvehicle
    Typicalflexiblemodesthatareinterestingwhenfocusingonverticalridecomfortarethefirstbending
    mode,firsttorsionmodandthefirstsocalledbreathingmoderesultingfromcrosssectionshear.
    Normallyfrequenciesforthefirstflexiblemodeslieintherangeof815Hz,howeverdependingonthe
    vehicleconfigurationandsettings
    Thehumanbodyismostsensitivetoverticalvibrationsinthefrequencyrange410Hz.
    Railvehicledynamicstextbook(RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Sweden)

    Figure1.Effectofstructuralflexibilityonverticalacceleration
    Ascanbeseenfromfigure1.Whentheflexibilityistakenintoaccountthereisthenhigheracceleration
    amplitudes. The dominating frequency can be estimated to about 10 Hz, a vibration frequency that
    significantlyinfluencesthehumanridecomfort,orratherdiscomfort.

    Figure1showsthatCarbodyverticaleigenfrequencyshouldbemorethan10hzforverticalcomfortand
    toavoidtheresonances.

    Figure2.Frequencyseparationforgoodisolationvibration

    Figure3.Foureigenmodesandeigenfrequenciesforafreecarbody(Adtranz:bombardier)

    Infigure3thereare4eigenmodesofapassengercarbody shownandtheyarecalculatedbyfinite
    elementmethod.

    CarbodyandPassengerinRailVehicleDynamics

    Figure4.Eight car body mode-shapes of the S4M (Swedish railways) vehicle calculated by FEM.
    Carlbromhasperformedacomprehensivestudyonthecarbodystructuraldynamics.Thestudyexamines
    thestructuralflexibilityofthecarbodyandwhatroleitplays.Vibrationsupto20Hzareconsidered.This
    isthefrequencyrangewherestructuralflexibilityofthecarbodyhasthelargestinfluence.

    Frequency
    [Hz]

    No.

    Mode shape

    F1

    First vertical bending

    9.1

    F2

    First lateral bending

    12.2

    F3

    Torsion 1

    12.8

    F4

    Breathing 1

    13.4

    F5

    Torsion 2

    13.9

    F6

    Breathing 2

    14.3

    F7

    Breathing 3

    15.0

    F8

    Second vertical bending

    16.2

    Table1.Calculatedmodeshapesandundampedeigenfrequencies.

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