Effects of rotation on the rolling noise radiated by wheelsets in high-speed railways
Effects of rotation on the rolling noise radiated by wheelsets in high-speed railways
Railway rolling noise is produced by the vibration of both the wheelsets and the track; the wheelsets dominate the high frequency noise and become increasingly important at high speed. The effect of rotation on the wheelset vibration and noise radiation is investigated using different wheelset models in a rolling noise prediction model for a wide range of speeds. Each wheelset model takes account of the rotation to a different extent. An axisymmetric finite element model of a flexible rotating wheelset is implemented based on a complex exponential formulation and expressed in either an inertial or a non-inertial frame of reference. The model can include the inertial Coriolis and centrifugal forces and is also extended to include stress stiffening. Modes of the rotating wheel with non-zero number of nodal diameters are split into co- and counter-rotating waves with separated natural frequencies. The extent of the frequency separation depends on the shape of the mode and its dominant component of vibration. At common train speeds the frequency shifts due to stress-stiffening and spin-softening effects are found to be small compared with the gyroscopic effects due to the Coriolis forces. The effect of including the inertial Coriolis and centrifugal forces on the overall A-weighted sound power level is less than 0.3 dB below 400 km/h, while for higher train speeds, differences may exceed 1 dB in some one-third octave bands. Overall, these differences are small compared with other sources of uncertainty in rolling noise modelling, confirming that representing the wheel rotation with a moving load approach provides a suitable approximation for use in rolling noise predictions.
Finite elements, Railways, Rolling noise, Rotor dynamics, Sound radiation, Wheel rotation
Knuth, Christopher
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Squicciarini, Giacomo
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Thompson, David
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Baeza, Luis
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3 March 2024
Knuth, Christopher
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Squicciarini, Giacomo
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Thompson, David
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Baeza, Luis
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Knuth, Christopher, Squicciarini, Giacomo, Thompson, David and Baeza, Luis
(2024)
Effects of rotation on the rolling noise radiated by wheelsets in high-speed railways.
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 572, [118180].
(doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2023.118180).
Abstract
Railway rolling noise is produced by the vibration of both the wheelsets and the track; the wheelsets dominate the high frequency noise and become increasingly important at high speed. The effect of rotation on the wheelset vibration and noise radiation is investigated using different wheelset models in a rolling noise prediction model for a wide range of speeds. Each wheelset model takes account of the rotation to a different extent. An axisymmetric finite element model of a flexible rotating wheelset is implemented based on a complex exponential formulation and expressed in either an inertial or a non-inertial frame of reference. The model can include the inertial Coriolis and centrifugal forces and is also extended to include stress stiffening. Modes of the rotating wheel with non-zero number of nodal diameters are split into co- and counter-rotating waves with separated natural frequencies. The extent of the frequency separation depends on the shape of the mode and its dominant component of vibration. At common train speeds the frequency shifts due to stress-stiffening and spin-softening effects are found to be small compared with the gyroscopic effects due to the Coriolis forces. The effect of including the inertial Coriolis and centrifugal forces on the overall A-weighted sound power level is less than 0.3 dB below 400 km/h, while for higher train speeds, differences may exceed 1 dB in some one-third octave bands. Overall, these differences are small compared with other sources of uncertainty in rolling noise modelling, confirming that representing the wheel rotation with a moving load approach provides a suitable approximation for use in rolling noise predictions.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 November 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 November 2023
Published date: 3 March 2024
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The fourth author acknowledges the financial support through the grant PID2020-118013RB-C21 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 .
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Finite elements, Railways, Rolling noise, Rotor dynamics, Sound radiation, Wheel rotation
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/485134
ISSN: 0022-460X
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