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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 10.13
The Application of Common Safety Method to Evaluate Migration to Autonomous Railway Operation - Discussion M. Matowicki1 and A. Torun2
1Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
M. Matowicki, A. Torun, "The Application of Common Safety Method to Evaluate Migration to Autonomous Railway Operation - Discussion", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on
Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance",
Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK,
Online volume: CCC 7, Paper 10.13, 2024, doi:10.4203/ccc.7.10.13
Keywords: common safety method, autonomous railway, safety, automated train operation, discussion paper, Europe rail.
Abstract
A major difficulty in traditional finite element analysis is the effort to integrate complex three-dimensional solids and structures. The inherent reason for the difficulty is that highly distorted elements should be avoided. This condition is difficult to satisfy because the traditional elements must abut each other, that is, they cannot overlap. To overcome this restriction, we have developed 'overlapping elements'. These elements perform well even when highly distorted, and hence can be used much more easily in meshing a complex domain. However, they use additional nodal degrees of freedom, which add to the computational effort of solution. To reduce the overall solution cost, including the meshing, we focus on the AMORE scheme in which traditional undistorted elements are used to discretize most of the analysis domain and overlapping elements are used for the rest of the domain. The premise is that, in this way, the meshing effort is much reduced and the computational effort is also less than in a traditional finite element analysis. In this way, the use of AMORE leads to an overall efficient modern finite element analysis.
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