• Ram Rakshit Rustagi
• Tejbir Kaur

Magnetic Actuators are in active usage to attenuate vibrations. This paper depicts the practicality of the use of magnetic actuator in the lateral secondary suspension of (LHB-FIAT) rail vehicle of Indian Railways which consequently ameliorates ride comfort. As temperature is an imperative parameter for the actuator's performance, force convection is requisite to disperse heat adequately. In order to determine the air current at the actuator’s location a 3-D model of the rail vehicle is generated and the same is simulated at low, medium and high speeds ranging from 60-200 km/h in Ansys-Fluent. Further, Transient Thermal examination of 2D model of the actuator is done in Ansys-workbench to identify the variation of temperature within the actuator itself.

Magnetic actuator, Lateral Secondary suspension, Fluent Analysis, Transient Thermal Analysis

"Viability of a magnetic actuator in lateral secondary suspension of Indian rail vehicle ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.213-222, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906F37.pdf

"Viability of a magnetic actuator in lateral secondary suspension of Indian rail vehicle ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp213-222, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906F37.pdf