Active pantograph in high-speed railway: Review, challenges, and applications

Z Liu, H Wang, H Chen, X Wang, Y Song… - Control Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The pantograph–catenary system (PCS) vibration causes the pantograph–catenary contact
force (PCCF) to fluctuate, deteriorating current collection quality and damaging the electrical …

[HTML][HTML] Wind deflection analysis of railway catenary under crosswind based on nonlinear finite element model and wind tunnel test

Y Song, M Zhang, O Øiseth, A Rønnquist - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the railway catenary's wind deflection under crosswind based on wind
tunnel experiments and a nonlinear finite element model. A catenary model is constructed …

Surrogate modeling of pantograph-catenary system interactions

Y Cheng, JK Yan, F Zhang, MD Li, N Zhou… - … Systems and Signal …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
The smooth interaction between the pantograph and the catenary is crucial for the
operational safety of railway vehicles. Coupled dynamic models of the pantograph–catenary …

[HTML][HTML] Surrogate modelling of railway pantograph-catenary interaction using deep Long-Short-Term-Memory neural networks

Y Song, H Wang, G Frøseth, P Nåvik, Z Liu… - … and Machine Theory, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The interaction performance of the pantograph-catenary is of great importance as it directly
determines the current collection quality and operational safety of trains. The finite element …

Evolution processes of the tribological properties in pantograph/catenary system affected by dynamic contact force during current-carrying sliding

Y Zhang, C Li, X Pang, C Song, F Ni, Y Zhang - Wear, 2021‏ - Elsevier
DSA200 pantograph and CH160 catenary are being in service in China on SS7 electric
locomotive. Dynamic study of the pantograph/catenary system found that the contact force …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of short-wavelength contact wire irregularities in electrified railway pantograph–catenary system

Y Song, A Rønnquist, T Jiang, P Nåvik - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The effect of two common types of short-wavelength irregularities (local imperfections and
periodic short-wavelength irregularities) of the railway catenary on the pantograph–catenary …

Analysis of contact force and uplift of pantograph–catenary system in overlap section based on numerical simulations and experimental tests

Y Yao, Z Yang, J Wang, W Zhang - Vehicle System Dynamics, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the dynamic performance of the pantograph passing through an
overlap section of the catenary system, using a China's high speed railway with the 4-span …

Formal asymptotics for oscillation of a discrete mass-spring-damper system of time-varying properties, embedded into a one-dimensional medium described by the …

SN Gavrilov, IO Poroshin, EV Shishkina… - Nonlinear …, 2024‏ - Springer
We consider a quite general problem concerning a linear free oscillation of a discrete mass-
spring-damper system. This discrete sub-system is embedded into a one-dimensional …

Hardware-in-the-loop test bench for simulation of catenary–pantograph interaction (CPI) with linear camera measurement

A Correcher, C Ricolfe-Viala, M Tur, S Gregori… - Sensors, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Catenary–pantograph contact force is generally used for assessment of the current
collection quality. A good current collection quality not only increases catenary lifetime but …

Hardware-in-the-loop pantograph tests using analytical catenary models

J Gil, M Tur, A Correcher, S Gregori… - Vehicle System …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Pantograph hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing is an experimental method in which a
physical pantograph is excited by an actuator which reproduces the movement of a virtual …