A majority of the traffic related track deterioration cost originates from freight traffic. With heavier and faster freight trains the maintenance cost is likely to increase. The present paper focuses on the possibility to improve ride comfort and reduce track forces on standard freight wagons with link suspension. The variation of characteristics in link suspension running gear is considerable and unfavourable conditions leading to hunting are likely to occur. Supported by on-track tests and multibody dynamic simulations it is concluded that the running behaviour of two-axle wagons with UIC double-link suspension as well as wagons with link suspension bogies (G-type) can be improved when the running gear are equipped with supplementary hydraulic dampers. For the two-axle wagon both yaw-dampers and lateral dampers are needed to achieve satisfactory running behaviour for all wheel-rail contact conditions. On low conicity carbody hunting is the dominant oscillation pattern. To reduce this motion lateral dampers between carbody and wheelset (or bogie) are needed. At high conicity only the wheelset is hunting. Here only wheelset (or bogie) yaw damping efficiently suppresses the oscillations. If the stiffnesses in the primary suspension are too low the possible improvement by adding dampers is limited.
Improving ride comfort in freight wagons with link suspension running gear using hydraulic dampers
Verbesserung des Fahrverhaltens von Güterwagen mit Schakengehänge-Fahrwerken durch Nachrüstung mit hydraulischen Dämpfern
Moderne Schienenfahrzeuge, 37 ; 230-240
ZEVrail Glasers Annalen ; 131 , Sonderheft Tagungsband
2007
11 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 20 Quellen
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