Title :
Vehicle-track modelling for rail corrugation initiation investigation
Author :
Sun, Yan Quan ; Simson, Scott
Author_Institution :
Centre for Railway Eng., Central Queensland Univ., Rockhampton, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
As a part of Australian Rail CRC Project #82 - Bogie Rotation Friction Management, the investigation on rail corrugation initiation has been carried out. This paper reports the progress made on this research. At present, the literature review and the vehicle-track modelling for rail corrugation have been finished. A three-dimensional vehicle-track system dynamics model is developed for the simulations, in which the vehicle dynamics is described using up to 78 degrees of freedom (DOF). The wheelsets are considered as flexible bodies. The track is modeled as one-layered, two rail beams on elastic foundation or two-layered, sleepers included structure. The effect of wheel-rail profiles, wheel-rail interface conditions, curved track parameters, wheelset design parameters and centre bowl rotation friction on the rail corrugations are examined.
Keywords :
design engineering; friction; maintenance engineering; railways; vehicle dynamics; wheels; Australian Rail CRC Project #82; Bogie Rotation Friction Management; centre bowl rotation friction; curved track parameters; rail beams; rail corrugation initiation investigation; vehicle-track modelling; vehicle-track system dynamics model; wheel-rail interface conditions; wheel-rail profiles; wheelset design parameters; Australia; Corrugated surfaces; Frequency; Friction; Rail transportation; Resonance; Surface waves; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Rail Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME/IEEE Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7918-3752-1
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.2005.186056