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Streamlining Railcar Coupler Design with ANSYS for Enhanced Safety
Overview
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Operational Impact
The use of ANSYS Mechanical software has helped Voith Turbo Scharfenberg maintain its market leadership, reduce time to market, and decrease warranty costs while meeting safety regulations. The software has enabled the company to design railcar couplers that can effectively absorb the energy created by a train collision, thereby significantly improving the passive safety of railcars and trains. The ability to simulate different collision scenarios has allowed engineers to optimize the coupler and its energy absorption characteristics, ensuring that the specific nonlinear force-path characteristics of the absorption elements are met. This has resulted in a more efficient and effective design process, leading to the production of safer and more reliable railcar couplers. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Streamlined the development process with a simple and fast setup of highly nonlinear analyses | |
Enabled the use of hyperelastic materials in the ANSYS Mechanical simulation | |
Allowed the employment of standard contact setting without convergence issues | |