Simulation of dynamic interaction between train and railway turnout

Dynamic train–track interaction is more complex in railway turnouts (switches and crossings) than that in ordinary tangent or curved tracks. Multiple contacts between wheel and rail are common, and severe impact loads with broad frequency contents are induced, when nominal wheel–rail contact conditions are disturbed because of the continuous variation in rail profiles and the discontinuities in the crossing panel. The absence of transition curves at the entry and exit of the turnout, and the cant deficiency, leads to large wheel–rail contact forces and passenger discomfort when the train is switching into the turnout track. Two alternative multibody system (MBS) models of dynamic interaction between train and a standard turnout design are developed. The first model is derived using a commercial MBS software. The second model is based on a multibody dynamics formulation, which may account for the structural flexibility of train and track components (based on finite element models and coordinate reduction methods). The variation in rail profile is accounted for by sampling the cross-section of each rail at several positions along the turnout. Contact between the back of the wheel flange and the check rail, when the wheelset is steered through the crossing, is considered. Good agreement in results from the two models is observed when the track model is taken as rigid.     

Mathematical modelling of train–turnout interaction

The paper proposes a mathematical model of train–turnout interaction in the mid-frequency range (0–500 Hz). The model accounts for the effects of rail profile variation along the track and of local variation of track flexibility. The proposed approach is able to represent the condition of one wheel being simultaneously in contact with more than one rail, allowing the accurate prediction of the effect of wheels being transferred from one rail to another when passing over the switch toe and the crossing nose. Comprehensive results of train–turnout interaction during the negotiation of the main and the branch lines are presented, including the effect of wear of wheel/rail profiles and presence of track misalignment. In the final part of the paper, comparisons are performed between the results of numerical simulations and line measurements performed on two different turnouts for urban railway lines, showing a good agreement between experimental and numerical results.     

大瑞铁路老红坡隧道穿越接触带单侧涌泥处理技术

大瑞铁路老红坡隧道穿越可溶岩与非可溶岩接触带施工单侧发生涌泥大变形地质灾害。通过分析变形开裂及地质成因，正洞内采用迂回导坑方案探明涌泥体范围，采用洞内扩挖工作洞室，在隧道单侧轮廓外施作超前水平注浆+高压水平旋喷桩加固及超前水平长大管棚的方案进行处理，并对该段支护及衬砌结构调整加强。依据现场工况，采用三台阶法分部、分段拆换作业，在钢架拱脚增设临时仰拱或临时横撑控制收敛变形，及时施作格栅钢架模筑衬砌，变形稳定后再施作永久二次衬砌。该技术在大瑞铁路老红坡隧道单侧突泥涌水地质灾害处治施工实践中得到了成功应用，取得了良好效果。     

爱迪尔散热风扇继电器失效探析及改进

爱迪尔汽车在零部件国产化初期,售后市场出现批量散热风扇继电器失效故障。本文剖析故障原因,并对故障部件进行改进优化。     

空气动力对弓网接触压力影响的研究

通过对高速运行的受电弓系统进行动态力学分析,建立了动力学模型,应用计算机软件对不同运行速度下的空气抬升力进行了仿真及对比分析,探讨了提高受电弓空气动力性能可采取的措施。     

Wear simulation for the centre plate arrangement of a freight car

The bodies of many railway freight cars in many countries of the world are coupled to the running gear by means of a body centre plate that makes a friction pair with a centre bowl. During motion, the bogie is rotated and moved with respect to the car body. This leads to wear on the contact surfaces. Lubrication is inexpedient in this case because the friction forces damp the vibrations (so-called bogie hunting) during motion. Usually, centre plates exhibit noticeable wear after two years of operation. Reducing wear requires knowing details of the wear process which, in turn, requires computer simulation of freight car motion for an operation period of 10–15 years. The purpose of this paper is to develop a universal method for wear simulation of friction pairs that could be used, in particular, for the centre plate of a freight car.     

密接式车钩弹塑性有限元分析

对引进的日本某公司的密接式车钩相互作用原理及接触关系进行了分析,对密接式前端车钩和中间车钩建立了非线性有限元模型。根据这2种车钩的拉、压静强度计算结果及车钩的受力状态,详细分析了2种工况下车钩钩体薄弱部位的应力应变水平及产生原因,为车钩结构改进设计提供了参考依据。     

吊耳局部有限元建模技术分析

文章中提出了几肿简化处理方法来模拟插销与吊耳的接触.通过有限元计算结果比较,发现提出的简化处理方法与接触算法计算结果接近,且耗时少、操作简单,可以将这些简化处理方法广泛应用于吊耳的有限元强度校核.     

Method for obtaining the wheel–rail contact location and its application to the normal problem calculation through ‘CONTACT’

This work presents a robust methodology for calculating inter-penetration areas between railway wheel and rail surfaces, the profiles of which are defined by a series of points. The method allows general three-dimensional displacements of the wheelset to be considered, and its characteristics make it especially suitable for dynamic simulations where the wheel–rail contact is assumed to be flexible. The technique is based on the discretisation of the geometries of the surfaces in contact, considering the wheel as a set of truncated cones and the rail as points. By means of this approach, it is possible to reduce the problem to the calculation of the intersections between cones and lines, the solution for which has a closed-form expression. The method has been used in conjunction with the CONTACT algorithm in order to solve the static normal contact problem when the lateral displacement of the wheelset, its yaw angle and the vertical force applied in the wheelset centroid are prescribed. The results consist of smooth functions when the dependent coordinates are represented as a function of the independent ones, lacking the jump discontinuities that are present when a rigid contact model is adopted. Example results are shown and assessed for the normal contact problem for different lateral and yaw positions of the wheelset on the track.     

盾构法联络通道密封垫设计及防水试验研究

为探究适合盾构法联络通道工程的密封垫断面形式，以宁波市轨道交通3号线第1条盾构法联络通道为工程背景，针对遇水膨胀橡胶设计阴阳凹凸、圆形孔洞、梳形、矩形等4类断面。对各断面形式进行可行性分析，选取阴阳凹凸断面与矩形断面作为初选方案。利用Abaqus/Explicit计算模块对2种断面的接触应力进行有限元分析，通过设计“一”字缝耐水压力试验，验证数值模拟中接触应力较大的矩形断面的防水能力。研究表明： 1）数值模拟结果显示，接触面最大接触应力与平均接触应力均随着张开量的增加而减小； 同等张开量与错台量下，在压缩与膨胀2个阶段中，矩形断面的接触应力均大于阴阳凹凸断面，因此选取矩形断面作为备选方案。2）“一”字缝耐水压力试验结果表明，矩形断面密封垫保压48 h后耐水压力明显提升，且张开量越大耐水压力提升幅度越大。3）综合数值模拟与试验结果可知，该矩形断面密封垫满足0.6 MPa的防水要求。