Three-dimensional train–track model for study of rail corrugation

Rail corrugation is a main factor causing the vibration and noise from the structures of railway vehicles and tracks. A calculation model is put forward to analyse the effect of rail corrugation with different depths and wavelengths on the dynamical behaviour of a passenger car and a curved track in...

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Published in:Journal of sound and vibration 2006-01, Vol.293 (3), p.830-855
Main Authors: Jin, X.S., Wen, Z.F., Wang, K.Y., Zhou, Z.R., Liu, Q.Y., Li, C.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Corrugating
Corrugation
Density
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Mathematical models
Noise: its effects and control
Passengers
Physics
Railroad tracks
Rails
Wavelengths
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Summary:Rail corrugation is a main factor causing the vibration and noise from the structures of railway vehicles and tracks. A calculation model is put forward to analyse the effect of rail corrugation with different depths and wavelengths on the dynamical behaviour of a passenger car and a curved track in detail. Also the evolution of initial corrugation with different wavelengths is investigated. In the numerical analysis, Kalker's non-Hertzian rolling contact theory is modified and used to calculate the frictional work density on the contact area of the wheel and rail in rolling contact. The material loss per unit area is assumed to be proportional to the frictional work density to determine the wear depth of the contact surfaces of the curved rails. The combined influences of the corrugation development and the vertical and lateral coupled dynamics of the passenger car and the curved track are taken into account. The numerical results indicate that: (1) the corrugation with high passing frequencies has a great influence on the dynamical performance of the wheelset and track, but little on the car-body and the bogie frame; (2) the deeper the corrugation depth is, the greater the influence and the rail material wear are; but the longer the corrugation wavelength is, the smaller the influence and the wear are; and (3) the initial corrugation with a fixed wavelength on the rail running surface decreases with increasing number of the passenger car passages.
ISSN:0022-460X
1095-8568
DOI:10.1016/j.jsv.2005.12.013