When a passenger car passes through a curved track with lateral geometry defects, the effect of the defects on the formation of curved rail corrugation is investigated with a numerical method. The numerical method of rail corrugation considers a combination of Kalker's rolling contact theory with non-Hertzian to be modified, a rail material wear model, and a vertical and lateral dynamics model of the half passenger car coupled with the curved track. In the calculation the considered lateral geometry defects of the track are random variations of the curved track gauge. The corrugations occurring on the running surfaces of the rails passed by the four wheels of the same bogie are calculated. The important numerical results are obtained as follows: The random variation of the curved track gauge causes contact vibrations of both wheels and rails, and the undulatory wear form on the running surfaces of the rails when the passenger car passes the curved track first. The increase of the passenger car passages leads to a quick development of the corrugation with many different wavelengths. The rail corrugations caused by the track lateral geometry defects present two types of wavelengths. One is concerned in the variation frequency of the track irregularity, and the other concerned in the natural frequencies of the track to be easily excited. With an increase of the passenger car passage, the natural frequencies of the track to be easily excited dominate the wavelengths of the corrugation in development.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Effect of track lateral geometry defects on corrugations of curved rails


    Additional title:

    Der Einfluss von Geometriefehlern in der Querrichtung von Gleisen auf die Riffelbildung von gebogenen Schienen


    Contributors:
    Wen, Zefeng (author) / Jin, Xuesong (author)


    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 24 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    The formation of corrugations in street railway rails

    Zell, Erland | Engineering Index Backfile | 1913


    Lateral stresses on rails in curved tracks

    Fowler, George L. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1915


    Lateral stresses in rails on straight track

    Fowler, George L. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1915


    Calculation of bending stresses in rails on curved track

    Labuschagne, T.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1960


    Rail corrugations

    Burgess, J.H. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1943