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Wheel-rail wear investigation on a balloon loop track through simulation of slow speed wagon dynamics
conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Yan SunYan Sun, Maksym SpiryaginMaksym Spiryagin, Colin ColeColin Cole, Dwayne NielsenHeavy haul railway infrastructure is commonly equipped with balloon loops to allow trains to be loaded/unloaded and/or to reverse the direction of travel. The slow operational speed of trains on these sharp curves results in some unique issues regarding the wear process between wheels and rails. A wagon dynamic system model has been applied to simulate its dynamic behaviors in order to study the wear conditions between the rail/wheel interfaces. Meanwhile, the effects of some important parameters – curve radius, wagon speed and track cant on the wheel-rail contact wear have also been carried out.