| Abstract: | The dynamic interaction between pantograph and catenary is studied. The overhead electrification system for high speed trains is modelled by visco‐elastically connected double homogeneous strings system, one finite suspended on rigid concentrated supports and the second of infinite length. The pantograph is represented by one degree of freedom oscillator moving along the string at a constant speed. The model is new in that it gives possibility to consider the influence of the locomotive transverse vibrations on railway overhead contact system. The dynamic state of the investigated system is described by a nonlinear set of coupled partial differential equations with complicated boundary conditions. Dynamic transverse displacements of the connected strings are determined. General results are illustrated by numerical examples. |
