Research Article

Impact Force Evaluation of the Derailment Containment Wall for High-Speed Train through a Collision Simulation

Table 2

Contact conditions between the train and track.

Contact conditionFriction coefficient

Wheel∼rail (general surface)Fstat. = 0.4/Fdyn. = 0.3
Wheel∼concrete slab (surface to surface)Fstat. = 0.55/Fdyn. = 0.45
Train∼wall (surface to surface and nodes to surface)Fstat. = 0.0/Fdyn. = 0.0