Wheel-rail contact models for vehicle system dynamics including multi-point contact

Advanced modelling of rail vehicle dynamics requires realistic solutions of contact problems for wheels and rails that are able to describe contact singularities, encountered for wheels and rails. The basic singularities demonstrate themselves as double and multiple contact patches. The solutions of the contact problems have to be known practically in each step of the numerical integration of the differential equations of the model. The existing fast, approximate methods of solution to achieve this goal have been outlined. One way to do this is to replace a multi-point contact by a set of ellipses. The other methods are based on so-called virtual penetration. They allow calculating the non-elliptical, multiple contact patches and creep forces online, during integration of the model. This allows nearly real-time simulations. The methods are valid and applicable for so-called quasi-Hertzian cases, when the contact conditions do not deviate much from the assumptions of the Hertz theory. It is believed that it is worthwhile to use them in other cases too.     

轮胎路面接触应力分布仿真研究

根据11.00R20-16PR型全钢子午线轮胎实际结构,考虑轮胎材料、几何及接触非线性,利用ABAQUS有限元软件建立轮胎与刚性路面接触三维模型,并与轮胎径向刚度试验结果对比验证了该模型的有效性;分析了静止竖向荷载作用下胎压一定荷载不同和荷载一定胎压不同的轮胎路面接触应力及印迹分布变化。研究结果表明:轮胎与路面接触应力呈非均匀分布,且接触面积并非路面设计中所采用的圆形而更接近于矩形。     

背压对等径角挤压坯料变形的影响

采用有限元方法研究了背压对1100Al等径角挤压的影响．分析了坯料的变形、等效应变分布、最大主应力及变形载荷的变化．模拟结果表明,通过在出口通道施加背压,提高了坯料充填模具外侧拐角的能力,使得坯料横截面上等效应变分布更加均匀;坯料在变形过程中的最大主应力降低;但变形载荷随背压的增加不断增加．分析得出,施加适当的背压有助于提高坯料的变形均匀性,降低坯料表面的开裂倾向．     

北美铁路降低轮轨接触应力新进展

介绍了北美铁路在降低轮轨接触应力和轮轨作用力方面的研究成果.     

A robust non-Hertzian contact method for wheel–rail normal contact analysis

A modified Kik–Piotrowski (MKP) model is proposed in this paper for an accurate and robust calculation of wheel–rail normal contact problem. The presented method is able to consider the relationship between the elastic deformation of a line and the normal pressure distribution within the contact patch. A novel shape correction method is put forward to correctly describe the elastic deformation of the contact patch. Taking the results estimated by Kalker’s variational method and Kik–Piotrowski method as references, the proposed method is validated by three contact cases, including the assumed standardised non-Hertzian contact and the two-point contact, as well as the contact behaviours based on three actual wheel–rail profiles. The simulation results indicate that, compared with Kik–Piotrowski method, the proposed MKP method achieves better agreement with Kalker’s variational method. Moreover, the MKP method can avoid the abrupt change of wheel–rail normal force due to the sudden transfer of the contact point, which contributes to a better computational stability.     

线接触零件磨损仿真的温度研究

磨损是摩擦学研究中的重要领域之一．然而，现行的磨损研究方法普遍采用大量的模拟试验来进行经验性的探索．而且，在磨损量计算中只考虑压力的影响．在考虑压力对磨损影响的同时，加入了温度影响因素，利用仿真技术对磨损量进行计算机模拟，提出了线接触零件磨损的数值仿真通用模型．对后续线接触零件磨损仿真的研究具有很大的指导意义．     

基于VDI2230-2003标准的动车组车钩联接螺栓强度分析

使用ANSYS软件对某车钩安装座及其联接螺栓进行接触非线性静强度计算,在此基础上基于德国《VDI2230-2003螺栓强度校核标准》对螺栓进行强度评估,并和传统《机械设计手册》计算的结果进行比较,得出两种方法的计算值均满足强度要求,同时前者计算的轴向拉应力水平为后者计算的应力水平的72%,但剪切应力两者相同.     

Impact of channel estimation error on channel capacity of multiple input multiple output system

In order to investigate the impact of channel estimation error on channel capacity of multiple input multiple output （MIMO） system, a novel method is proposed to explore the channel capacity in correlated Rayleigh fading environment. A system model is constructed based on the channel estimation error at receiver side. Using the properties of Wishart distribution, the lower bound of the channel capacity is derived when the MIMO channel is of full rank. Then a method is proposed to select the optimum set of transmit antennas based on the lower bound of the mean channel capacity. The novel method can be easily implemented with low computational complexity. The simulation results show that the channel capacity of MIMO system is sensitive to channel estimation error, and is maximized when the signal-to- noise ratio increases to a certain point. Proper selection of transmit antennas can increase the channel capacity of MIMO system by about 1 bit/s in a flat fading environment with deficient rank of channel matrix.     

一种基于导频和循环前缀的信道估计方法

提出了利用循环前缀对信道进行估计的方法,即在梳状导频模式时,使用导频获得导频子信道频率响应后,对其在频域方向进行插值得到数据子信道响应,在以后没有导频的序列的数据周期内,使用循环前缀对信道进行估计.仿真结果表明:和两个一维的插值方法相比,在不降低系统性能的情况下,改善了系统的实时性能.