Parametric analysis of wheel wear in high-speed vehicles

In order to reduce the wheel profile wear of highspeed trains and extend the service life of wheels, a dynamic model for a high-speed vehicle was set up, in which the wheelset was regarded as flexible body, and the actual measured track irregularities and line conditions were considered. The wear depth of the wheel profile was calculated by the well-known Archard wear law. Through this model, the influence of the wheel profile, primary suspension stiffness, track gage, and rail cant on the wear of wheel profile were studied through multiple iterafive calculations. Numerical simulation results show that the type XP55 wheel profile has the smallest cumulative wear depth, and the type LM wheel profile has the largest wear depth. To reduce the wear of the wheel profile, the equivalent conicity of the wheel should not be too large or too small. On the other hand, a small primary vertical stiffness, a track gage around 1,435-1,438 mm, and a rail cant around 1：35-1：40 are beneficial for dynamic performance improvement and wheel wear alleviation.

Theory and practice for assessing structural integrity and dynamical integrity of high-speed trains

Purpose–The safety and reliability of high-speed trains rely on the structural integrity of their components and the dynamic performance of the entire vehicle system.This paper aims to define and substantiate the assessment of the structural integrity and dynamical integrity of high-speed trains in both theory and practice.The key principles and approacheswill be proposed,and their applications to high-speed trains in Chinawill be presented.Design/methodology/approach–First,the structural integrity and dynamical integrity of high-speed trains are defined,and their relationship is introduced.Then,the principles for assessing the structural integrity of structural and dynamical components are presented and practical examples of gearboxes and dampers are provided.Finally,the principles and approaches for assessing the dynamical integrity of highspeed trains are presented and a novel operational assessment method is further presented.Findings–Vehicle system dynamics is the core of the proposed framework that provides the loads and vibrations on train components and the dynamic performance of the entire vehicle system.For assessing the structural integrity of structural components,an open-loop analysis considering both normal and abnormal vehicle conditions is needed.For assessing the structural integrity of dynamical components,a closed-loop analysis involving the influence of wear and degradation on vehicle system dynamics is needed.The analysis of vehicle system dynamics should follow the principles of complete objects,conditions and indices.Numerical,experimental and operational approaches should be combined to achieve effective assessments.Originality/value–The practical applications demonstrate that assessing the structural integrity and dynamical integrity of high-speed trains can support better control of critical defects,better lifespan management of train components and better maintenance decision-making for high-speed trains.

3D modeling of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Tilt Photogrammetry

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV)tilt photogrammetry technology can quickly acquire image data in a short time.This technology has been widely used in all walks of life with the rapid development in recent years especially in the rapid acquisition of high-resolution remote sensing images,because of its advantages of high efficiency,reliability,low cost and high precision.Fully using the UAV tilt photogrammetry technology,the construction image progress can be observed by stages,and the construction site can be reasonably and optimally arranged through three-dimensional modeling to create a civilized,safe and tidy construction environment.

Study on the vehicle license plate tilt correction

The shortage of current different approaches of the vehicle license plate(VLP) tilt correction is analyzed in the paper and a new rotary correction method put forward based on the former ways of the VLP tilt correction in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction Owing to the VLP tilt taking place in the vertical direction,the array of the image’s pixels of the same column is broken,and even different rows come into being superposition.The VLP tilt taking place in the horizontal direction,by which the array of the image’s pixels of the same row broken,and so much as different columns come into being superposition.

Influence of Vehicle Parameters on Critical Hunting Speed Based on Ruzicka Model

While introducing foreign advanced technology and cooperating with Chinese famous research institutes,the high-speed vehicles are designed and take the major task of passenger transport in China.In high-speed vehicle,the characteristic of shock absorber is an important parameter which determines overall behavior of the vehicle.The most existing researches neglect the influence of the series stiffness of the shock absorber on the vehicle dynamic behavior and have one-sided views on the equivalent conicity of wheel tread.In this paper,a high speed passenger vehicle in China is modeled to investigate the effect of the parameters taking series hydraulic shock absorber stiffness into consideration on Ruzicka model.Using the vehicle dynamic model,the effect of main suspension parameters on critical speed is studied.In order to verify the reasonableness of shock absorber parameter settings,vibration isolation characteristics are calculated and the relationship between suspension parameters and the vehicle critical hunting speed is studied.To study the influence of equivalent conicity on vehicle dynamic behavior,a series of wheel treads with different conicities are set and the vehicle critical hunting speeds with different wheel treads are calculated.The discipline between the equivalent conicity of wheel tread and critical speed are obtained in vehicle nonlinear system.The research results show that the critical speed of vehicle much depends on wheelset positioning stiffness and anti-hunting motion damper,and the series stiffness produces notable effect on the vehicle dynamic behavior.The critical speed has a peak value with the equivalent conicity increasing,which is different from the traditional opinion in which the critical speed will decrease with the conicity increasing.The relationship between critical speed and conicity of wheel tread is effected by the suspension parameters of the vehicle.The study results obtained offer a method and useful data to designing the parameters of the high speed vehicle and simulation study.

Progress in high-speed train technology around the world

This is a review of high-speed train development in the sense of technology advances all over the world. Three generations of high-speed trains are classified according to their technical characteristics and maximum operating speed. Emphasis is given to the newly developed high-speed train in China, CRH380. The theoretical foundations and future development of CRH380 are briefly discussed.

Damage Tolerance Assessment of a Brake Unit Bracket for High-Speed Railway Welded Bogie Frames

The brake unit bracket of a bogie frame is an important load-carrying component, particularly under emergency start/stop conditions. Conventional infinite/safe life approaches provide an over-conservative recommendation for the allowable strength and lifetime, which hinders the lightweight design of modern railway vehicles. In this study, to ensure the reliability and durability of a brake unit bracket, an attempt was made to integrate the nominal stress method and an advanced damage tolerance method. First, a complex bogie frame was modelled using solid elements instead of plate and beam elements. A hot spot stress region on the bracket was found under an eight-stage load spectrum obtained from the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway line. Based on the probability of foreign damage, a semi-elliptical surface crack was then assumed for residual life assessment. The results obtained by the cumulative damage and damage tolerance methods show that the brake unit bracket can operate for over 30 years. Moreover, even if a 2-mm depth crack exists, the brake unit bracket can be safely operated for more than 2.27 years, with the hope that the crack can be detected in subsequent maintenance procedures. Finally, an appropriate safety margin was suggested which provides a basis for the life prediction and durability assessment of brake unit brackets of high-speed railways.

Wear characteristics and prediction of wheel profiles in high-speed trains

Wheel/rail relationship is a fundamental problem of railway system. Wear of wheel profiles has great effect on vehicle performance. Thus, it is important not just for the analysis of wear characteristics but for its prediction. Actual wheel profiles of the high-speed trains on service were measured in the high-speed line and the wear characteristics were analyzed which came to the following results. The wear location was centralized from-15 mm to 25 mm. The maximum wear value appeared at the area of 5 mm from tread center far from wheel flange and it was less than 1.5 mm. Then, wheel wear was fitted to get the polynomial functions on different locations and operation mileages. A binary numerical prediction model was raised to predict wheel wear. The prediction model was proved by vehicle system dynamics and wheel/rail contact geometry. The results show that the prediction model can reflect wear characteristics of measured profiles and vehicle performances.

Research of inverse mathematical model to high-speed trains

Operation safety and stability of the train mainly depend on the interaction between the wheel and rail.Knowledge of wheel/rail contact force is important for vehicle control systems that aim to enhance vehicle stability and passenger safety.Since wheel/rail contact forces of high-speed train are very difficult to measure directly,a new estimation process for wheel/rail contact forces was introduced in this work.Based on the state space equation,dynamic programming methods and the Bellman principle of optimality,the main theoretical derivation of the inversion mathematical model was given.The new method overcomes the weakness of large fluctuations which exist in current inverse techniques.High-speed vehicle was chosen as the research object,accelerations of axle box as input conditions,10 degrees of freedom vertical vibration model and 17 degrees of freedom lateral vibration model were established,respectively.Under 250 km/h,the vertical and lateral wheel/rail forces were identified.From the time domain and frequency domain,the comparison of the results between inverse and SIMPACK models were given.The results show that the inverse mathematical model has high precision for inversing the wheel/rail contact forces of an operation high-speed vehicle.

Aerodynamic/control integrated optimization method for unpowered high-speed vehicle configuration design

The unpowered high-speed vehicle experiences a significant coupling between the disciplines of aerodynamics and control due to its characteristics of high flight speed and extensive maneuverability within large airspace.The conventional aircraft conceptual design process follows a sequential design approach,and there is an artificial separation between the disciplines of aerodynamics and control,neglecting the coupling effects arising from their interaction.As a result,this design process often requires extensive iterations over long periods when applied to high-speed vehicles,and may not be able to effectively achieve the desired design objectives.To enhance the overall performance and design efficiency of high-speed vehicles,this study integrates the concept of Active Control Technology(ACT)from modern aircraft into the philosophy of aerodynamic/control integrated optimization.Two integrated optimization strategies,with differences in coupling granularity,have been developed.Subsequently,these strategies are put into action on a biconical vehicle that operates at Mach 5.The results reveal that the comprehensive performance of the synthesis optimal model derived from the aerodynamic/control integrated optimization strategy is improved by 31.76%and 28.29%respectively compared to the base model under high-speed conditions,demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of the method and optimization strategies employed.Moreover,in comparison to the single-stage strategy,the multi-stage strategy takes into deeper consideration the impact of control capacity.As a result,the control performance of the synthesis opti-mal model derived from the multi-stage strategy improves by 13.99%,whereas the single-stage strategy only achieves a 5.79%improvement.This method enables a fruitful interaction between aerodynamic configuration design and control system design,leading to enhanced overall performance and design efficiency.Furthermore,it improves the controllability of high-speed vehicles,mitigating the risk of mission failure resulting from an ineffective control system.

Hierarchical model updating for high-speed maglev vehicle/guideway coupled system based on multiobjective optimization

The high-speed maglev vehicle/guideway coupled model is an essential simulation tool for investigating vehicle dynamics and mitigating coupled vibration.To improve its accuracy efficiently,this study investigated a hierarchical model updating method integrated with field measurements.First,a high-speed maglev vehicle/guideway coupled model,taking into account the real effect of guideway material properties and elastic restraint of bearings,was developed by integrating the finite element method,multi-body dynamics,and electromagnetic levitation control.Subsequently,simultaneous in-site measurements of the vehicle/guideway were conducted on a high-speed maglev test line to analyze the system response and structural modal parameters.During the hierarchical updating,an Elman neural network with the optimal Latin hypercube sampling method was used to substitute the FE guideway model,thus improving the computational efficiency.The multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm with the gray relational projection method was applied to hierarchically update the parameters of the guideway layer and magnetic force layer based on the measured modal parameters and the electromagnet vibration,respectively.Finally,the updated coupled model was compared with the field measurements,and the results demonstrated the model’s accuracy in simulating the actual dynamic response,validating the effectiveness of the updating method.

Development of new electromagnetic suspension-based high-speed Maglev vehicles in China:Historical and recent progress in the field of dynamical simulation

High-speed Maglev is a cutting-edge technology brought back into the focus of research by plans of the Chinese government for the development of a new 600 km/h Maglev train.A Chinese‐German cooperation with industrial and academic partners has been established to pursue this ambitious goal and bring together experts from multiple disciplines.This contribution presents the joint work and achievements of CRRC Qingdao Sifang,thyssenkrupp Transrapid,CDFEB,and the ITM of the University of Stuttgart,regarding research and development in the field of high‐speed Maglev systems.Furthermore,an overview is given of the historical development of the Transrapid in Germany,the associated development of dynamical simulation models,and recent developments regarding high-speed Maglev trains in China.

A Grey Wolf Optimization-Based Tilt Tri-rotor UAV Altitude Control in Transition Mode

To solve the problem of altitude control of a tilt tri-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)in the transition mode,this study presents a grey wolf optimization(GWO)based neural network adaptive control scheme for a tilt trirotor UAV in the transition mode.Firstly,the nonlinear model of the tilt tri-rotor UAV is established.Secondly,the tilt tri-rotor UAV altitude controller and attitude controller are designed by a neural network adaptive control method,and the GWO algorithm is adopted to optimize the parameters of the neural network and the controllers.Thirdly,two altitude control strategies are designed in the transition mode.Finally,comparative simulations are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed control scheme.

轮毂电机倾斜偏心下的电动汽车动力学负效应

为了研究开关磁阻电机倾斜气隙偏心产生的不平衡径向电磁力对电动汽车横向动力学的负效应,提出电机倾斜偏心下的不平衡电磁力建模方法。首先,根据麦克斯韦应力法和气隙磁导修正系数计算倾斜偏心下的不平衡电磁力,并设计实验台架对其进行测量。然后,建立轮毂电机驱动的电动汽车动力学模型,通过设定角阶跃转向工况和鱼钩转向工况分析倾斜偏心对车辆动力学负效应的作用机理。结果表明,倾斜偏心产生的不平衡电磁力会以力矩的形式作用于车轮,车辆转向时由于不平衡电磁力的干扰,其行驶轨迹会偏离驾驶员预期。更为重要的是,极限工况下倾斜偏心产生的不平衡电磁力会降低车辆的抗侧翻特性,紧急转向时会增大车辆侧翻的可能性,严重威胁驾驶员的行车安全。

基于改进遗传算法的倾转旋翼无人机区域覆盖路径规划

基于改进遗传算法研究倾转旋翼无人机(TRUAV)在多障碍物约束下的区域覆盖路径规划问题.运用最小跨度算法和往返路径生成算法进行任务区域内的覆盖路径初规划,将区域覆盖问题转化为旅行商问题以优化覆盖路径顺序.为了避开区域内的障碍物,提出鱼尾形避障策略.引入最近邻算法,生成比传统遗传算法质量更高的初始种群,设计三点式交叉算子和动态区间变异算子进行遗传操作以提高所提算法的全局搜索能力,避免算法陷入局部最优.在含多个障碍物的多边形区域算例内仿真验证所提算法的性能.结果表明,相比于逐行路径覆盖算法和传统遗传算法,所提算法的覆盖路径长度减少了7.80%,TRUAV的任务区域覆盖效率显著提升.

Control techniques of tilt rotor unmanned aerial vehicle systems： A review

The tilt rotor unmanned aerial vehicle（TRUAV） exhibits special application value due to its unique rotor structure. However, varying dynamics and aerodynamic interference caused by tiltable rotors are great technical challenges and key issues for TRUAV＇s high-powered flight controls, which have attracted the attention of many researchers. This paper outlines the concept of TRUAV and some typical TRUAV platforms while focusing on control techniques. TRUAV structural features, dynamics modeling, and flight control methods are discussed, and major challenges and corresponding developmental tendencies associated with TRUAV flight control are summarized.

组合式自平衡抱胎举升机结构设计与功能分析

为应对大型车辆维修和保养需求,针对大型车辆特点结合模块化设计理念,设计了一款组合式自平衡抱胎举升机。该文介绍了我国汽车维修使用的举升机设备发展情况,并总结了举升机现阶段的技术不足,结合大型车辆维修保养实际情况,设计了组合式自平衡抱胎举升机。经试验证实,该机具有灵活可靠、电气化程度高、升降控制精确、平衡性好等多重技术优势,适宜应用于货车、客车等大型车辆维修保养。

倾转动力无人机三维过渡走廊

为解决传统过渡走廊中忽略系统动态特征、缺少迎角信息、难以直接用于过渡路径规划的问题,提出一种适用于倾转动力类无人机的三维过渡走廊建立方法。所提方法从物理约束角度限制飞行速度与倾转角度边界,从飞行力学角度限制全机升力特性边界,从能源配置角度限制动力系统功率边界,从而建立关于飞行速度、倾转角度与迎角的三维过渡走廊,并且设计综合性能指标函数用于描述走廊内各飞行路径点的性能。基于所建三维过渡走廊采用鸽群优化算法完成最优过渡路径的搜索工作。结果表明:所建三维过渡走廊能够更加具体地描述可用飞行范围,其不仅包括传统过渡走廊的飞行速度与倾转角度,同时还包含迎角与性能指标信息,这为过渡路径规划提供基础;鸽群优化算法具有良好的过渡路径优化能力,通过优化使无人机拥有良好的飞行效果,动力系统油门杆量变化平稳、幅值较小,证明使用三维过渡走廊指导过渡飞行与规划过渡路径的可行性。

Gas-surface interaction features under effects of gas-gas molecules interaction in high-speed flows

Understanding interactions between gas molecules and solid surface is key to the aerodynamic design of high-speed,high-altitude aerospace vehicles,but there is a large dispersion of gas-surface interaction parameters or namely accommodation coefficients.The uncertainty results partly from different considerations of the interaction between gas molecules in various experimental and numerical methods.In this study,effects of gas-gas molecules interaction are systematically discussed by comparing two different approaches of molecular dynamics simulation of high-speed argon molecules scattering on a graphite surface.The popularly-used“single scattering”approach repeats the scattering process of a single gas molecule without considering the gas-gas molecules interaction.The newly-developed“continual scattering”approach continually shoots gas molecules at the surface,considering collisions between gas molecules in addition to gas molecules’collisions with surface.Gas-surface interaction features in the two approaches are compared and discussed under various affecting factors including rarefaction degree,gas-surface interaction strength,surface temperature and incident velocity.It is shown that these two approaches usually produce different accommodation coefficients,and the corresponding mechanisms are explained.This study could help clarify some doubts about the selection of accommodation coefficients in engineering practice,and also provide an instruction on design of an appropriate molecular dynamics simulation approach.

全驱动倾转四旋翼式飞枪的建模与控制

欠驱动的机/枪一体式四旋翼飞枪位置和姿态的控制存在耦合,无法实现带俯仰角的悬停射击,移动射击过程中火控策略复杂。设计了一种全驱动的倾转四旋翼无人机,并以此作为飞枪载体,在实现系统解耦的同时,简化了控制分配方法。首先通过牛顿欧拉法对系统进行数学建模,然后利用反步法设计控制器并证明系统稳定性,最后通过Simulink进行仿真实验。实验结果表明:本文设计的全驱动飞枪模型可实现位置和姿态的解耦控制,跟踪误差小,可满足飞枪悬停射击、移动射击的射击要求,适用于实时性要求高的飞/火控系统。