The development of an efficient freight railway system requires minimizing the travel time and maximizing the load capacity of trains. This objective can be achieved through three different strategies which can be adopted separately or in synergy. These strategies substantially consist of improvement of the load capacity of a single vehicle, increase in the train length, and increment of the vehicle velocity. The option to adopt simultaneously all three strategies is possible only when operating on dedicated infrastructures and specifically designing the vehicles and the track. This work shows the effect of the increment of the axle load, over the actual Italian limitation, on the most important indicators defined by the UIC regulation to homologate the vehicles. The calcula-tions have been performed on a high-quality real track using a numerical model of a vehicle based on the Y25 bogie. In order to take into account higher axle loads, the vehicle primary suspension has been redesigned. The results show that an increment of the axle load is feasible until an axle load of 32.5 ton if speed is limited to 80 km/h, or until 30 ton if speed is limited to 120 km/h.


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    Titel :

    Dynamical Effects of the Increase of the Axle Load on European Freight Railway Vehicles



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-01-01



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    629



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