Recent trends in research into numerical simulation techniques for railway system dynamics

Abstract

RTRI has been working on innovative technical solutions for various dynamic problems caused by characteristics of the railway system. Numerical simulation techniques are one of the powerful tools which can be used to promote this kind of research; therefore, RTRI started development in 2010 on a simulation tool called the "Railway Simulator" using high performance computing technologies. This paper describes recent trends in research into numerical simulation techniques applied to research on dynamics in the railway system.