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Wheel-rail contact: Experimental study of the creep forces-creepage relationships

Wheel-rail contact: Experimental study of the creep forces-creepage relationships
Wheel-rail contact: Experimental study of the creep forces-creepage relationships
The wheel–rail contact problem plays an important role in the simulation methods used to solve railway dynamics problems. As a consequence, many different mathematical models have been developed to calculate wheel–rail contact forces. However, most of them tackle this problem purely from a theoretical point of view and need to be experimentally validated. Such validation could also reveal the influence of certain parameters not taken into account in the mathematical developments. This paper presents the steps followed in building a scaled test-bench to experimentally characterise the wheel–rail contact problem. The results of the longitudinal contact force as a function of the longitudinal creepage are obtained and the divergences with respect to Kalker's simplified theory are analysed. The influence of lateral creepage, angular velocity and certain contaminants such as cutting fluid or high positive friction modifier is also discussed.
1744-5159
469-487
Alonso, A.
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Guiral, A.
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Baeza, L.
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Iwnicki, S.
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Alonso, A.
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Guiral, A.
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Baeza, L.
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Iwnicki, S.
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Alonso, A., Guiral, A., Baeza, L. and Iwnicki, S. (2014) Wheel-rail contact: Experimental study of the creep forces-creepage relationships. Vehicle System Dynamics, 52 (Sup 1), 469-487. (doi:10.1080/00423114.2014.907923).

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The wheel–rail contact problem plays an important role in the simulation methods used to solve railway dynamics problems. As a consequence, many different mathematical models have been developed to calculate wheel–rail contact forces. However, most of them tackle this problem purely from a theoretical point of view and need to be experimentally validated. Such validation could also reveal the influence of certain parameters not taken into account in the mathematical developments. This paper presents the steps followed in building a scaled test-bench to experimentally characterise the wheel–rail contact problem. The results of the longitudinal contact force as a function of the longitudinal creepage are obtained and the divergences with respect to Kalker's simplified theory are analysed. The influence of lateral creepage, angular velocity and certain contaminants such as cutting fluid or high positive friction modifier is also discussed.

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Published date: 23 May 2014
Additional Information: cited By 3
Organisations: Dynamics Group

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Local EPrints ID: 411226
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411226
ISSN: 1744-5159
PURE UUID: 5e9274cd-b1c8-4dee-bf92-cabb72756857
ORCID for L. Baeza: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3815-8706

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 13:56

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Author: A. Alonso
Author: A. Guiral
Author: L. Baeza ORCID iD
Author: S. Iwnicki

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