Railway Pantograph–Catenary System unlocks the theoretical and practical complexities of this key element in high-speed railway electrification. This authoritative volume offers a focused exploration of optimization approaches for the electrical contact process, ensuring consistent, reliable, and efficient performance by addressing the system's underlying dynamics, the materials of its components, as well as critical issues such as current-carrying frictional wear, arc phenomena, and envir...

This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the research and application of digital twin operation and maintenance technology for high-speed train traction power supply system. The book is divided into six chapters, which introduce the digital twin architecture of high-speed train traction power supply system, digital twin modeling of power supply system, multi-physical field digital twin of train key equipment, digital twin of typical train scenarios, and digital twin operatio...

This book covers the basic scientific theory and related application technologies of the pantograph–catenary system, including research findings on pantograph/catenary contact resistance, pantograph interface thermal effect, laws and characteristics of current-carrying friction and wear, the main research methods for pantograph arcs, the effects of arcs on pantograph systems and onboard equipment, and the materials used for pantographs and contact wires. Given its scope, it offers a valuab...