This Course will provide a basic introduction to simulating railway vehicle dynamics using VI-Rail. As VI-Rail is based on MSC software’s Adams package, a basic understanding of multi-body dynamic simulation using Adams is assumed, as taught in the MSC ADM701 course.
Length: 5 Days
Pre-requisites:
ADM701 (recommended)
General Railway vehicle knowledge
Topics:
- Description of user modes and model structure (assemblies – subsystems – templates and test rigs)
- Overview of database hierarchy
- Using product documentation
- Working with subsystems and full vehicle models
- Basic wheel rail contact mechanics and an overview of the VI-Rail wheel-rail element
- Working with railway wheels
- Working with rails
- Setting up different kinds of railway analyses
- Reviewing Results
- Create plot configuration files
- Create and modify templates
- Create and modify different type of parts
- Learn how to use communicators
- Learn how to create new requests within the same subsystem as well as between different subsystems
- Working with different property files and using the curve manager and property file editor
- Create and modify railway elements such as springs, dampers, bushings, wheel sets etc.
