Influence of uneven rail irregularities on the dynamic response of the railway track using a three-dimensional model of the vehicle–track system

A mathematical model of the vehicle–track interaction is developed to investigate the coupled behaviour of vehicle–track system, in the presence of uneven irregularities at left/right rails. The railway vehicle is simplified as a 3D multi-rigid-body model, and the track is treated as the two parallel beams on a layered discrete support system. Besides the car-body, the bogies and the wheel sets, the sleepers are assumed to have roll degree of freedom, in order to simulate the in-plane rotation of the components. The wheel–rail interface is treated using a nonlinear Hertzian contact model, coupling the mathematical equations of the vehicle–track systems. The dynamic interaction of the entire system is numerically studied in time domain, employing Newmark's integration method. The track irregularity spectra of both the left/right rails are taken into account, as the inputs of dynamic excitations. The dynamic responses of the track system induced by such irregularities are obtained, particularly in terms of the vertical (bounce) and roll displacements. The numerical model of the present research is validated using several benchmark models reported in the literature, for both the smooth and unsmooth track conditions. Four sample profiles of the measured rail irregularities are considered as the case studies of excitation sources, examining their influences on the dynamic behaviour of the coupled system. The results of numerical simulations demonstrate that the motion of track system is significantly influenced by the presence of uneven irregularities in left/right rails. Dynamic response of the sleepers in the roll direction becomes more sensitive to the rail irregularities, as the unevenness severity of the parallel profiles (quantitative difference between left and right rail spectra) is increased. The severe geometric deformation of the track in the bounce–pitch–roll directions is mainly related to such profile unevenness (cross-level) in left/right rails.     

Influence of polygonal wear of railway wheels on the wheel set axle stress

The coupled vehicle/track dynamic model with the flexible wheel set was developed to investigate the effects of polygonal wear on the dynamic stresses of the wheel set axle. In the model, the railway vehicle was modelled by the rigid multibody dynamics. The wheel set was established by the finite element method to analyse the high-frequency oscillation and dynamic stress of wheel set axle induced by the polygonal wear based on the modal stress recovery method. The slab track model was taken into account in which the rail was described by the Timoshenko beam and the three-dimensional solid finite element was employed to establish the concrete slab. Furthermore, the modal superposition method was adopted to calculate the dynamic response of the track. The wheel/rail normal forces and the tangent forces were, respectively, determined by the Hertz nonlinear contact theory and the Shen–Hedrick–Elkins model. Using the coupled vehicle/track dynamic model, the dynamic stresses of wheel set axle with consideration of the ideal polygonal wear and measured polygonal wear were investigated. The results show that the amplitude of wheel/rail normal forces and the dynamic stress of wheel set axle increase as the vehicle speeds rise. Moreover, the impact loads induced by the polygonal wear could excite the resonance of wheel set axle. In the resonance region, the amplitude of the dynamic stress for the wheel set axle would increase considerably comparing with the normal conditions.     

Investigation of the effects of sleeper-passing impacts on the high-speed train

The sleeper-passing impact has always been considered negligible in normal conditions, while the experimental data obtained from a High-speed train in a cold weather expressed significant sleeper-passing impacts on the axle box, bogie frame and car body. Therefore, in this study, a vertical coupled vehicle/track dynamic model was developed to investigate the sleeper-passing impacts and its effects on the dynamic performance of the high-speed train. In the model, the dynamic model of vehicle is established with 10 degrees of freedom. The track model is formulated with two rails supported on the discrete supports through the finite element method. The contact forces between the wheel and rail are estimated using the non-linear Hertz contact theory. The parametric studies are conducted to analyse effects of both the vehicle speeds and the discrete support stiffness on the sleeper-passing impacts. The results show that the sleeper-passing impacts become extremely significant with the increased support stiffness of track, especially when the frequencies of sleeper-passing impacts approach to the resonance frequencies of wheel/track system. The damping of primary suspension can effectively lower the magnitude of impacts in the resonance speed ranges, but has little effect on other speed ranges. Finally, a more comprehensively coupled vehicle/track dynamic model integrating with a flexible wheel set is developed to discuss the sleeper-passing-induced flexible vibration of wheel set.     

Study on the derailment behaviour of a railway wheelset with solid axles in a railway turnout

ABSTRACT

Dynamic wheel–rail interaction in railway turnouts is more complicated than on ordinary track. In order to evaluate the derailment behaviour of railway wheelsets in railway turnouts, this paper presents a study of dynamic wheel–rail interaction during a wheel flange climbs on the turnout rails, by applying the elasticity positioning wheelset model. A numerical model is established based on a coupled finite element method and multi-body dynamics, and applied to study the derailment behaviour of a railway wheelset in both the facing and trailing directions in a railway turnout, as well as dynamic wheel–turnout rail interaction during the wheel flange climbing on the turnout rails. The influence of the wheel–rail attack angle and the friction coefficient on the dynamic derailment behaviour is investigated through the proposed model. The results show that the derailment safety for a wheelset passing the railway turnout in facing direction is significantly lower than that for the trailing direction and the ordinary track. The possibility of derailment for the wheelset passing the railway turnout in facing and trailing directions at positive wheel–rail attack angles will increase with an increase in the attack angles, and the possibility of derailment can be reduced by decreasing the friction coefficient.     

C20喷射混凝土冻融力学试验

采用喷大板法制做C20喷射混凝土试件,使用压力试验机对经历不同冻融循环次数的试件进行了抗压和抗拉强度测试,分析冻融循环作用下其变化规律,采用共振法和超声波法对经历不同冻融循环次数的喷射混凝土进行动弹性模量测试,分析其抗冻耐久性,并对经历不同冻融循环次数下的试件外观进行了描述。研究结果表明：冻融对喷射混凝土的抗拉和抗压强度影响较大,随着冻融循环次数的增加,抗拉和抗压强度衰减程度增大,相对动弹性模量也逐渐衰减,呈线性降低趋势;C20喷射混凝土的相对耐久性指数非常低,经历50次冻融循环后的耐久性指数为10.1%,与C20普通混凝土相比,其相对耐久性指数更低,抗冻耐久性更差;C20喷射混凝土经历75次冻融循环后出现严重的酥碎剥落情况,不能满足工程抗冻性要求。     

非结构动网格方法在内燃机数值模拟中的应用

提出了一种动态层和弹性平滑结合的非结构动网格方法,在网格运动方向进行网格合并和分裂。由于动态层方法可视为网格重构方法的特例,提出了一种内燃机缸内过程处理的二阶精度的插值计算方法。当网格运动达到一定条件时,将多组网格层同时合并或分裂,减少了网格合并和分裂次数,提高了计算效率。对于流场计算部分,采用有限体积法离散流场控制方程,运用SIMPLEC算法求解NS方程,开发了内燃机三维CFD数值模拟程序,计算实例表明计算结果与试验值吻合较好。     

总装车间继电器安装自动化的应用

文章介绍了一种车载线束继电器安装的自动化设备,设备采用Dalta并联机器人抓取继电器进行安装,继电器上料由另一台Dalta并联机器人和视觉引导完成.继电器安装过程中,力和位移的数据被实时监控和保存,单颗继电器安装节拍满足≤1.1s,单条线束作业节拍≤45s,满足汽车总装生产线节拍要求.     

双孔平行地铁顺穿桥梁对桥梁桩基础影响研究

利用有限元分析软件建立桥梁基础及双孔地铁的模型,模拟地铁盾构的施工工况。研究盾构施工前后地铁隧道、周边土体变形趋势及其对地铁顺穿桥梁的桩基础轴力、弯矩、水平变形及沉降的影响。分析结果表明:隧道施工造成隧道上部土体沉降,下部土体隆起,隧道呈现椭圆形;其顺穿桥梁桩基轴力、弯矩增加幅度较大,桩基在地铁隧道深度以上竖向沉降,在隧道深度下局部桩体隆起,桩身位移呈现“3”字形,最大位移位于隧道中心标高与隧道底标高之间。     

并联混合动力汽车ECMS的时变等效因子提取算法的研究

为解决当前等效燃油消耗最小控制策略(ECMS)未能根据实际工况选取最优等效因子的问题,利用动态规划算法(DP)和ECMS各自的优点,构建并联混合动力汽车能量算法模型,即采用动态规划算法的等效燃油消耗最小控制策略(ECMSwDP),将等效因子作为全局最优算法的控制变量,通过对等效因子的离散全局优化,获得基于工况的最佳时变等效因子。在标准工况下对时变等效因子实时控制策略与全局最优控制策略DP的各项性能参数进行了数值仿真,验证了时变等效因子提取算法的有效性和等效因子初始值选取方法的可行性。