review article rahul sannigrahianurag raulji abstract a good contact between the

pantograph and catenary is critically important for the working reliability of

electric trains so we need a basic understading on the electrical contact which was
studied in respects of the pantograph evolution temperature rise and the
microstructure variationfurther this article detailed about the lump mass modelthe
types of catenary systemthis article primary focuses on the three aspects the
contact microstructure and the temperature rise the evolution of the pantograph the
types of catenary systemin accordance with the existing studies future research may
prioritize the task of identifying the mechanism of contact force variation
including with this there is a experimental setup also keywords pantograph
evolutiontemperature risemicrostructure analysislump mass model catenary types
introduction indian railway is the most crucial and economic transport across pan
india railways now converting to shift into reliable energyelectrical pantograph
plays a very crucial role in the developing india into reliable energypantograph-
catenary system bears the task of energy transfer from the electrical power grid to
the electric trains therefore the electrical contact between the pantograph and
catenary is directly related with the working reliability and safety of the trains
in the working situation the overhead contact wire and sliding strip suffer from
the multiple impacts of zigzag sliding friction joule heating and offline arcing
erosion which make the evolution of electrical contact rather complex especially
the random arcing become more predominant at higher speed heavier load and cold
weather conditions which has already turned into a great obstacle for the stable
current collection among all the great amounts of researches that has been done on
the pantograph-catenary systemlarge efforts and engagement were made on the
evolution of the pantograph studythe efficient contact between catenary and the
pantographthere are different major concerns topic where efforts were made like on
the mechanical vibration coupling analysis aerodynamic force calculation and active
control design all the above studies were closely related to the electrical contact
of the pantographcatenary system and therefore possess significant importance to
prompt the development of high-speed railway technology according to recent view on
researches most of the research papers were focused on on only one or two aspects
of the electrical contact and could reveal limited information on the dynamic
evolution process simultaneous investigations into the different aspects of the
electrical contact such as the conductivity variation temperature rise as well as
the microstructure characteristics would be absolutely helpful for a better
understanding of the pantographcatenary system most of the works focusing the
pantograph-catenary interaction elect the finite element method to develop and
analyze linear models catenaries and use lumped mass pantograph models due to the
need to maintain the linearity of the analysis however it is recognized by a large
number of researchers that the nonlinearities of the pantograph system play a very
important role in the energy collection and therefore either nonlinear finite
element or multibody models can deliver superior analysis capabiliti