The lecture demonstrates the application of the multi body simulations throughout the development of the railway vehicle. The emphasis of this lecture centres on theory and modelling of the coupling between wheel and rail, vehicle modelling and calculation methods such as stability analysis, curving, running on a track with irregularities, and comfort analyses including the structural dynamics.

Contents: structure and use of a commercial multibody dynamics code: modeling with rigid bodies, joints, constraints, force elements, frictional contacts. static and dynamic models, integration of and links to finite element and control models. examples: lever mechanism, trailed wheel, antenna, robot, four-bar mechanism