Patents
Scientific journals
- Calculation of the design horizontal geometry of a railway track using inertial sensors and GPS measurements recorded in line vehicles (2025). Miguel Rodríguez; Pedro Urda; José L. Escalona. Vehicle System Dynamics.
- Experimental study of the use of a transfer function to find rail corrugation from axle-box accelerations (2025). Xinxin Yu; Sergio Muñoz; Pedro Urda; Javier F. Aceituno; Miguel Rodríguez Gómez; José L. Escalona. Measurement.
- Estimation of the trajectory and attitude of railway vehicles using inertial sensors with application to track geometry measurement (2023). J. González-Carbajal; Pedro Urda; Sergio Muñoz; José L. Escalona. Vehicle System Dynamics.
- Real-Time Measurement of Track Irregularities Using an Instrumented Axle and Kalman Filtering Techniques (2023). Muñoz, Sergio; Urda, Pedro; Yu, Xinxin; Mikkola, Aki; Escalona, José Luis. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 18 (11). 111005 (13 pages).
- Comparison of numerical and computational aspects between two constraint-based contact methods in the description of wheel/rail contacts (2022). Yu, Xinxin; Aceituno, Javier F.; Kurvinen, Emil; Matikainen, Marko K.; Korkealaakso, Pasi, et. al.
Multibody System Dynamics. Pag. 1-42.
- Experimental measurement of track irregularities using a scaled track recording vehicle and Kalman filtering techniques (2022). Muñoz, Sergio ; Urda, Pedro; Escalona, José L. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. Vol. 169.
- Design and manufacture of a scaled railway track with mechanically variable geometry (2022). Rosario Chamorro, Javier F. Aceituno, Pedro Urda, Enrique del Pozo and José L. Escalona. Scientific Reports 12, Article number: 8665.
- Wheel-rail contact simulation with lookup tables and KEC profiles: a comparative study (2021). Escalona Franco, José Luis; Yu, Xinxin; Aceituno, Javier F. Multibody System Dynamics. Vol. 52(4). Pag. 339-375.
- Measurement of railroad track irregularities using an automated recording vehicle (2021). Urda, Pedro, Aceituno, Javier F., Muñoz Moreno, Sergio, Escalona Franco, José Luis. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation. Vol. 183.
- A track geometry measuring system based on multibody kinematics, inertial sensors and computer vision (2021). Escalona, José L. ; Urda, Pedro; Muñoz, Sergio. Sensors.
- Estimation of lateral track irregularity through Kalman filtering techniques (2021). Muñoz, S. ; Ros, J.; Urda, P.; Escalona, J. L. IEEE Access. Vol 9.
- Estimation of lateral track irregularity using a Kalman filter. Experimental validation (2021). Muñoz, Sergio ; Ros, Javier; Urda, Pedro; Escalona, José Luis. Journal of Sound and Vibration. Vol. 504.
- Track frame approach for heading and attitude estimation in operating railways using on-board MEMS sensor and encoder (2021). Briales, Eduardo ; Urda, Pedro; Escalona, José L. Measurement.
- Application and Experimental Validation of a Multibody Model with Weakly Coupled Lateral and Vertical Dynamics to a Scaled Railway Vehicle (2020). Urda, Pedro, Muñoz Moreno, Sergio, Aceituno, Javier F., Escalona Franco, José Luis. Sensors. Vol. 20(13). Pag. 1-21.
- Artificial neural networks applied to the measurement of lateral wheel-rail contact force: A comparison with a harmonic cancellation method (2020). Urda, Pedro, Aceituno, Javier F., Muñoz Moreno, Sergio, Escalona Franco, José Luis. Mechanism and Machine Theory. Vol. 153.
- Analysis of the two-point wheel-rail contact scenario using the knife-edge-equivalent contact constraint method (2020). Aceituno, Javier F., Urda, Pedro, Briales, Eduardo, Escalona Franco, José Luis. Mechanism and Machine Theory. Vol. 148.
- Wheel-rail contact force measurement using strain gauges and distance lasers on a scaled railway vehicle (2020). Urda, Pedro, Muñoz Moreno, Sergio, Aceituno, Javier F., Escalona Franco, José Luis. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. Vol. 138.
- Railway multibody simulation with the knife-edge-equivalent wheel-rail constraint equations (2020). Escalona Franco, José Luis, Aceituno, Javier F., Urda, Pedro, Balling, Ole. Multibody System Dynamics. Vol. 48. Pag. 373-402.
- An alternative procedure to measure railroad track irregularities. Application to a scaled track (2019). Aceituno, Javier F., Chamorro Moreno, Rosario, Muñoz Moreno, Sergio, Escalona Franco, José Luis. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation.
- Multibody model of railway vehicles with weakly coupled vertical and lateral dynamics (2019). Muñoz Moreno, Sergio; Aceituno, Javier F.; Urda Gomez, Pedro; Escalona Franco, José Luis. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. Vol. 115 (1). Pag. 570-592.
- Multibody Simulation of Railway Vehicles with Contact Lookup Tables (2019). International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. Vol 155. Pag. 571-582.
- On the design of a scaled railroad vehicle for the validation of computational models (2017). Aceituno, Javier F., Chamorro Moreno, Rosario, García Vallejo, Daniel, Escalona Franco, José Luis. Mechanism and Machine Theory. Vol. 115. Núm. 1. Pag. 60-76.
- Analytical and Numerical Validation of a Moving Modes Method for Traveling Interaction on Long Structures (2016). Antonio M. Recuero; José L. Escalona. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 11 (5). 051002 (14 pages).
- A nonlinear approach for modeling rail flexibility using the absolute nodal coordinate formulation (2016). Martin Recuero, Antonio; Aceituno, Javier F.; Escalona Franco, José Luis; Shabana, Ahmed A. Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 83 (1). Pag. 463-481.
- Stability Analysis of Multibody Systems With Long Flexible Bodies Using the Moving Modes Method and Its Application to Railroad Dynamics (2014). Chamorro Moreno, Rosario, Escalona Franco, Jose Luis, Martin Recuero, Antonio. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics., Vol. 9. Núm. 1. Pag. 011005-1-011005-10.
- Dynamics of the coupled railway vehicle-flexible track system with irregularities using a multibody approach with moving modes (2014). Antonio M. Recuero; José L. Escalona. Vehicle System Dynamics. Vol. 52 (1). Pag. 45-67.
- Modelling of structural flexibility in multibody railroad vehicle systems (2013). José L. Escalona; Hiroyuki Sugiyama; Ahmed A. Shabana. Vehicle System Dynamics. Vol. 51 (7). Pag. 1027-1058
- Application of the trajectory coordinate system and the moving modes method approach to railroad dynamics using Krylov subspaces (2013). Antonio M. Recuero; José L. Escalona. Journal of Sound and Vibration. Vol. 332 (20). Pag. 5177-5191.
- A Trajectory Frame-Based Dynamic Formulation for Railroad Vehicle Simulation (2012). Martin Recuero, Antonio, Escalona Franco, José Luis, Chamorro Moreno, Rosario. International Journal of Railway Technology. Vol. 1. Núm. 2. Pag. 21-44. 10.4203/ijrt.1.2.2
- Description of methods for the eigenvalue analysis of railroad vehicles including track flexibility (2012). José L. Escalona, Rosario Chamorro, Antonio M. Recuero. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. 2012. Vol. 7. Pag. 041009-1-041009-9.
- Use of Finite Element and Finite Segment Methods in Modeling Rail Flexibility: A Comparative Study (2012). Martin B. Hamper; Antonio M. Recuero; José L. Escalona; Ahmed A. Shabana. J. Comput. Nonlinear Dynam. Vol. 7(4). 041007 (11 pages).
- Finite-Element Analysis of Unsupported Sleepers Using Three-Dimensional Wheel-Rail Contact Formulation (2011). Martin Recuero, Antonio; Escalona Franco, José Luis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part K, Journal of multi-body dynamics. Vol. 225. Pag. 153-165.
- An Approach for Modeling Long Flexible Bodies With Application to Railroad Dynamics (2011). Chamorro Moreno, Rosario, Escalona Franco, José Luis, González Castro, Manuel J. Multibody System Dynamics. Vol. 26. Pag. 135-152. 10.1007/s11044-011-9255-x.
- Validation of Three-Dimensional Multi-Body System Approach for Modeling Track Flexibility (2009). Rathod, C.; Chamorro Moreno, Rosario; Escalona Franco, José Luis; El Sibaie, Magdy; Shabana, Ahmed A. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings part K, Journal of multi-body dynamics.
- Stability Analysis of Vehicles on Circular Motions Using Multibody Dynamics (2008). Escalona Franco, José Luis, Chamorro Moreno, Rosario. Nonlinear Dynamics. Vol. 53. Núm. 3. Pag. 237-250.
- A Multi-Body System Approach for Finite-Element Modelling of Rail Flexibility in Railroad Vehicle Applications (2008). Shabana, Ahmed A.; Chamorro Moreno, Rosario; Rathod, C; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings part K, Journal of multi-body dynamics. Vol. 222. Núm. 1. Pag. 1-15.
- Development of Elastic Force Model for Wheel/Rail Contact Problems (2004). Shabana, Ahmed A; Zaazaa, K.E.; Escalona Franco, José Luis; Sany, Jalil. Journal of Sound and Vibration. Vol. 269 (1-2). Pag. 295-325.
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