Dynamic Response of Wheel-Rail Interaction at Rail Weld in High-Speed Railway

As a main part of continuously welded rail track, rail weld widely exists in high-speed railway. However, short-wave irregularities can easily initiate and develop in rail weld due to the limitation of welding technology and thus rail weld has been a main high-frequency excitation and is responsible...

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Main Authors: Boyang An, Ping Wang, Jieling Xiao, Jingmang Xu, Rong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5634726
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author Boyang An
Ping Wang
Jieling Xiao
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Rong Chen
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description As a main part of continuously welded rail track, rail weld widely exists in high-speed railway. However, short-wave irregularities can easily initiate and develop in rail weld due to the limitation of welding technology and thus rail weld has been a main high-frequency excitation and is responsible for deterioration of track components. This work reports a 3D finite element model of wheel-rail rolling contact which can simulate dynamic wheel-rail interaction at arbitrary contact geometry up to 400 km/h. This model is employed to investigate dynamic response of wheel-rail interaction at theoretical and measured rail weld, including wheel-rail force and axle-box acceleration. These simulation results, combined with Quality Index (QI) method, are used to develop a quantitative expression, which can be easily applied for evaluating rail weld deterioration based on measured rail profiles and axle-box acceleration.
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spelling doaj-art-54c7c92b872948cebc57167bf86bc8c12025-02-03T01:21:35ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032017-01-01201710.1155/2017/56347265634726Dynamic Response of Wheel-Rail Interaction at Rail Weld in High-Speed RailwayBoyang An0Ping Wang1Jieling Xiao2Jingmang Xu3Rong Chen4MOE Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, ChinaAs a main part of continuously welded rail track, rail weld widely exists in high-speed railway. However, short-wave irregularities can easily initiate and develop in rail weld due to the limitation of welding technology and thus rail weld has been a main high-frequency excitation and is responsible for deterioration of track components. This work reports a 3D finite element model of wheel-rail rolling contact which can simulate dynamic wheel-rail interaction at arbitrary contact geometry up to 400 km/h. This model is employed to investigate dynamic response of wheel-rail interaction at theoretical and measured rail weld, including wheel-rail force and axle-box acceleration. These simulation results, combined with Quality Index (QI) method, are used to develop a quantitative expression, which can be easily applied for evaluating rail weld deterioration based on measured rail profiles and axle-box acceleration.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5634726
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title Dynamic Response of Wheel-Rail Interaction at Rail Weld in High-Speed Railway
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title_fullStr Dynamic Response of Wheel-Rail Interaction at Rail Weld in High-Speed Railway
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