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Effect of rail corrugation on vertical dynamics of railway vehicle coupled with a track

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The effect of rail corrugation on the vertical dynamics of railway vehicle coupled with a curved track is investigated in detail with a numerical method when a wheelset is steadily curving. In the calculation of rail corrugation we consider the combination of Kalker’s rolling contact theory modified, a model of material loss on rail running surface, and a dynamics model of railway vehicle coupled with a curved track. In the establishment of the dynamic model, for simplicity, one fourth of the freight car without lateral motions, namely a wheelset and the equivalent one fourth freight car body above it, is considered. The Euler beam is used to model the rails and the track structure under the rails is replaced with equivalent springs, dampers and mass bodies. The numerical results show the great influence of the rail corrugation on the vibration of the parts of the vehicle and the track, and the some characters of rail corrugation in development.

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    Xuesong Jin, Kaiyun Wang, Zefeng Wen & Weihua Zhang

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The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (59935100), the Foundation of Ph. D Student Education of China (20020613001), and the Foundation of the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (2000048, 2002048)

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Jin, X., Wang, K., Wen, Z. et al. Effect of rail corrugation on vertical dynamics of railway vehicle coupled with a track. ACTA MECH SINICA 21, 95–102 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-004-0010-x

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