Effective Fatigue Evaluation on Rubber Mounts for Rail Vehicles

Figure 3

The finite-element model and deformed profile of the rail vehicle buffer with the load-deflection curve comparison. (a) The finite-element model of the rail vehicle buffer. (b) The deformed profile of the buffer under the vertical load 60 kN. (c) The comparison of the load-deflection curves between the simulation and the experiment of the buffer.

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