A high performance tool for the simulation of the dynamic pantograph-catenary interaction

In this paper a computer tool for the simulation of the dynamic pantograph-catenary interaction is presented. We model this interaction and study its behavior in the energy transmission process. The calculation of the dynamic equation of the pantograph-catenary interaction is considered from a simulation point of view by means of a high performance computing algorithm, where the amount of data and the time requirements have been dramatically reduced. Finally, the present algorithm has been used to implement an user-friendly, interactive and graphically oriented toolbox whose design is presented in this work. This tool is used for the static and dynamic analysis of a catenaries system, which is shown by means of a real case of study.