A C.S.M.P. model of a friction damped mono-cycle traversing an idealised dipped rail joint (IM-DOS-176)

The response of a friction damped mono-cycle to a dipped rail joint was calculated in (1) using the continuous system modelling program (C.S.M.P.). The nature of the friction force is such that over small increments of time the friction level can switch from a positive value to a negative value...