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Effect of track geometry irregularities on wheel-rail impact forces

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Yan SunYan Sun, Manicka Dhanasekar, Dudley Roach
With a view to examining the wheel-rail impact forces due to track geometry irregularties, the simulations of wagon-track system dynamics have been carried out and are presented in this paper. Two types of Pacific National (PNL) wagons (120-ton coal and 79-ton container) containing new and worn wheels, and measured track geometry irregularities supplied by The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) have been used in the simulations. lt is shown that the alignment irregularity contributes the most to the lateral impact whilst the vertical surface profile irregularity contributes the most to the vertical impact for theses specific measured track irregularities. lt is shown that the wagons with severely worn wheels could lead to wagon derailment. It is also shown that the increase of wagon speed generally increases the impact, and the lighter wagon is more sensitive to the increase of wagon speed.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Start Page

3.1

End Page

3.7

Number of Pages

1.6

Start Date

2004-01-01

ISBN-10

0858257556

Location

Darwin, N.T.

Publisher

Railway Technical Society of Australasia

Place of Publication

Darwin, Australia

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Centre for Railway Engineering;

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Name of Conference

Conference on Railway Engineering

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