Simulation of Tracked Vehicles
New
UM Tracked Vehicle module, intended for simulation of tracked vehicle dynamics, is released.
Detailed informaton about the module is
here.
UM Tracked Vehicle module will be available in UM software since UM 6.0.
June, 2010
New version: UM 5.1
New UM 5.1 release is available now. The import of data from STEP and IGES files is supported, some minor improvements were made and some bugs were fixed in this release.
Please download UM 5.1
here and ask for a free trial 3-month license using
um@umlab.ru.
November 2008
Transport company
AmstedRail, one of the leaders in transport engineering in Northern America, that specializes in production of components and
equipment for railway vehicles, especially for freight cars, purchased UM 5.0 for its head office as well as for Russian (
Transolutions CIS) and Ukrainian branches.
New version: UM 5.0
New UM 5.0 version is available.
Almost all modules of the program package were appreciably developed. Please read
here about new possibilities of UM 5.0.
A beta-version of UM 5.0 is already available for testing. Please download UM 5.0
here and ask for a free trial 3-month license using
um@umlab.ru.
Overview of UM Loco
June 2008
May 2008
January 2008
Central research institute “TransElektroPribor” (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) purchased program package “Universal Mechanism” for carrying out investigations in the area of railway vehicle dynamics.
.:: TransElektroPribor
January 2008
Indonesian biggest producer of electric locomotives, passenger coaches and freight wagons
"INKA - Indonesian Railway Industry"
now uses “Universal Mechanism” software. Dynamical properties of freight wagons are in focus of computer simulation.
December 2007
JSC “Metrowagonmash”, Moscow region, the a big producer of the metro cars and armored trucked vehicles now uses Universal Mechanism
for developing new metro car bogie and simulation of trucked vehicle dynamics.
.:: Metro cars
December 2007
JSC VELNII, Novocherkassk, the Russian leading design institute of electric locomotives, now uses Universal Mechanism
software for dynamical analysis of newly designed locomotives. Hybrid electro-mechanical models of electric locomotives that
combine interactive accurate mechanical and electrical parts are planned to be developed.
November 2007
The meeting that was devoted to “Using Universal Mechanism Software for simulation of derailment cases”
took place in headquarters of
JSC Russian Railways in Moscow under the chairmanship of the
vice-president of Russian Railways on 29th of November, 2007. Representatives of several departments of Russian Railways, VNNIZHT,
VNIKTI and other institutes and enterprises took part in the meeting. As a results the decision to recommend Universal Mechanism
software as a basic tool for
simulation of railway vehicle dynamics and derailment cases were approved.
November 2007
After more than a year of trial period the
"Vossloh Spain" company joined the list of users of UM software.
During the trial period the simulation of dynamics of a locomotive and durability analysis of its bogie frame was fulfilled.
As Europe’s leading manufacturer,
"Vossloh Spain" company designs and builds locomotives
as well as passenger trains.
Free UM Lite
Laboratory of Computational Mechanics presents
Universal Mechanism Lite, which is
free for non-commercial use. It is a simplified version of Universal Mechanism software.
The program is intended for using by students and teachers for educational purposes as well as design engineers for express analysis
of designed mechanisms in their everyday work.
September 2007
The biggest Russian producer of freight bogies and wagons the
State Unitary Enterprise "Production Association "URALVAGONZAVOD"
starts using UM software for estimation of dynamical and
fatigue properties of freight wagons that are one of the basic products of the enterprise. Three specialists were trained
and several dynamical models of railway vehicles were considered during introduction course, 24-28 September 2007. We thank our
distributor
Delcam-Ural company for organization of this training.
.:: Ekaterinburg
May 2007
.:: Optimal gauge
April 2007
State research center of railway transport of Ukraine, Kiev, purchased program package "Universal Mechanism" for carrying out
complex research in the field of railway vehicle and train dynamics, safety, rails and wheels wear prediction, etc.
.:: Ukraine
December 2006
Two new universities - South-Russian Technical University, Novocherkassk, and Moscow State Transport University - widen
the list of university users of "Universal Mechanism" software. The program will be used for research activity of students
and PhD students. One researche from the Moscow State Transport University took part in the training cources in the Laboratory.
.:: UM in Universities
Russian Railways
Russian Railways and All-Russian Research and Design
Railway Institute developed a
library of UM-models of locomotives. The library includes models of 5 diesel locomotives
and 11 electric locomotives and is aimed for carrying out complex researches of its dynamics and especially safety analysis.
Library of UM locomotive models
