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An investigation into the mechanical damping characteristics of catenary contact wires and their effect on aerodynamic galloping instability

Last updated on 28 October 2014 9:36

Measurement of the damped oscillation of a section of the UK East Coast Main Line (ECML) catenary/contact wire system was undertaken, and the natural frequency and mechanical damping were found to be 1.4Hz and 0.05 respectively. This information was used to assess the effect of increasing the mechanical damping ratio...

Author(s): Stickland M T;Scanlon T J;Craighead I A;Fernandez J

Organisation(s): University of Strathclyde Department of Mechanical Engineering Glasgow, Scotland, UK ; Mecanica de Fluidos Universidad de Oviedo, Campus de Viesques, Gij?n, Spain ;

2003

Europe

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