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Wear 366-367 (2016) 123–130 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Wear journal homepage: /locate/wear A fast wheel–rail contact model for application to damage analysis in vehicle dynamics simulation Matin Sh. Sichani a,n, Roger Enblom a,b, Mats Berg a a Division of Rail Vehicles, Department of Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE-10044, Sweden b Bombardier Transportation, Specialist Engineering Department, V?ster?s, Sweden article info Article history: Received 5 October 2015 Received in revised form 10 June 2016 Accepted 13 June 2016 Available online 22 June 2016 Keywords: Wheel–rail contact Rolling contact Vehicle dynamics simulation Damage FASTSIM abstract A novel wheel–rail contact model is proposed to be implemented for multi-body dynamics simulation, in order to facilitate accurate online calculation of damage phenomena such as wear and rolling contact fatigue. The normal contact, i.e. contact patch and pressure distribution, is calculated using a fast nonelliptic algorithm called ANALYN. The tangential contact, i.e. tangential stress distribution, stick–slip division and creep force calculation, is treated using an alternative to the FASTSIM algorithm that is based on a strip theory which extends the two-dimensional solution of rolling contact to three-dimensional contacts. The proposed contact model is compared to the Hertz tFASTSIM model and evaluated using the CONTACT code in terms of contact patch and stress distribution as well as creep force curves. The results show that the proposed model can signi?cantly improve the estimation of the contact solution both in terms of creep force estimation and contact details, such as stress distribution, needed for damage predictions. 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction The maintenance cost due to damage of wheels and rails has raised the urge to predict deterioration phenomena such as wear and rolling contact fatigue using simulations. To con