Torsional vibrations of metro wheel sets are known to be involved in the wavelength-fixing mechanism of the rutting-type rail corrugation. In the first part of this paper, the basic conditions for this type of wear to appear are established using a theory developed in the frequency domain. The efficiency of a dynamic vibration absorber tuned to the first torsional resonance of the wheel set to mitigate rutting corrugation is evaluated numerically. In the second part, the phenomenon is studied on a quarter-scale test bench. The scaling laws for wheel-roller wear predictions are established. The efficiency of the dynamic vibration absorber is evaluated on the scaled bench. The results are compared with theoretical predictions from a linear model. Additionally, the measurements are compared with numerical results from a multi-body model portraying the experiment.


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    Title :

    Rotational vibration absorber for the mitigation of rail rutting corrugation


    Additional title:

    Torsionsschwingungsdämpfer zur Minderung der Riffelbildung bei Eisenbahnschienen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Vehicle System Dynamics ; 47 , 6 ; 641-659


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    19 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 30 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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