A critical review of wheel/rail high frequency vibration-induced vibration fatigue of railway bogie in China

Purpose–This review aims to give a critical view of the wheel/rail high frequency vibration-induced vibration fatigue in railway bogie.Design/methodology/approach–Vibration fatigue of railway bogie arising from the wheel/rail high frequency vibration has become the main concern of railway operators.Previous reviews usually focused on the formation mechanism of wheel/rail high frequency vibration.This paper thus gives a critical review of the vibration fatigue of railway bogie owing to the short-pitch irregularities-induced high frequency vibration,including a brief introduction of short-pitch irregularities,associated high frequency vibration in railway bogie,typical vibration fatigue failure cases of railway bogie and methodologies used for the assessment of vibration fatigue and research gaps.Findings–The results showed that the resulting excitation frequencies of short-pitch irregularity vary substantially due to different track types and formation mechanisms.The axle box-mounted components are much more vulnerable to vibration fatigue compared with other components.The wheel polygonal wear and rail corrugation-induced high frequency vibration is the main driving force of fatigue failure,and the fatigue crack usually initiates from the defect of the weld seam.Vibration spectrum for attachments of railway bogie defined in the standard underestimates the vibration level arising from the short-pitch irregularities.The current investigations on vibration fatigue mainly focus on the methods to improve the accuracy of fatigue damage assessment,and a systematical design method for vibration fatigue remains a huge gap to improve the survival probability when the rail vehicle is subjected to vibration fatigue.Originality/value–The research can facilitate the development of a new methodology to improve the fatigue life of railway vehicles when subjected to wheel/rail high frequency vibration.

Investigation into rail corrugation in high-speed railway tracks from the viewpoint of the frictional self-excited vibration of a wheel–rail system

A finite element vibration model of a multiple wheel-rail system which consists of four wheels, one rail, and a series of sleepers is established to address the problem of rail corrugation in high-speed tracks. In the model, the creep forces between the wheels and rail are considered to be saturated and equal to the normal contact forces times the friction coefficient. The oscillation of the rail is coupled with that of wheels in the action of the saturated creep forces. When the coupling is strong, self- excited oscillation of the wheel-rail system occurs. The self-excited vibration propensity of the model is analyzed using the complex eigenvalue method. Results show that there are strong propensities of unstable self-excited vibrations whose frequencies are less than 1,200 Hz under some conditions. Preventing wheels from slipping on rails is an effective method for suppressing rail corrugation in high-speed tracks.

Characteristics of wheel-rail vibration of the vertical section in high-speed railways

In order to analyze the characteristics of wheel-rail vibration of the vertical section in a high-speed railway, a vehicle-line dynamics model is established using the dynamics software SIMPACK. Through this model, the paper analyzes the influence of vertical section parameters, including vertical section slope and vertical curve radius, on wheel-rail dynamics interaction and the acting region of wheel-rail vibration. In addition, the characteristics of wheel- rail vibration of the vertical section under different velocities are investigated. The results show that the variation of wheel load is not sensitive to the vertical section slope but is greatly affected by the vertical curve radius. It was also observed that the smaller the vertical curve radius is, the more severe the interaction between the wheel and rail be- comes. Furthermore, the acting region of wheel-rail vibration expands with the vertical curve radius increasing. On another note, it is necessary to match the slope and vertical curve radius reasonably, on account of the influence of operation speed on the characteristics of wheel-rail vibration. This is especially important at the design stage of vertical sec- tions for lines of different grades.

Slip-Stick Vibrations of Wheelsets and Rail Corrugations

A dynamic space coupling model is developed for simulating the vibrations of wheel/rail systems as well as the torsion and bending vibrations of wheelsets. It is found that the slip stick vibrations of wheelsets are mainly caused and controlled by the crossing excitation or self excitation of the vertical vibrations of the whole system and by the bending vibrations and torsion vibrations of the wheelsets. It is found for the first time that the slip stick vibrations may occur in more than one forms, and one or another of the three kinds of vibrations is excited more strongly. Four typical kinds of slip stick vibrations are enumerated and described. The field investigation on rail corrugations shows that the four kinds of slip stick vibrations are most likely to exist and related with different corrugated features.

Experimental study of the wheel/rail impact caused by wheel flat within 400 km/h using full-scale roller rig

Purpose–In service,the periodic clashes of wheel flat against the rail result in large wheel/rail impact force and high-frequency vibration,leading to severe damage on the wheelset,rail and track structure.This study aims to analyze characteristics and dynamic impact law of wheel and rail caused by wheel flat of high-speed trains.Design/methodology/approach–A full-scale high-speed wheel/rail interface test rig was used for the test of the dynamic impact of wheel/rail caused by wheel flat of high-speed train.With wheel flats of different lengths,widths and depths manually set around the rolling circle of the wheel tread,and wheel/rail dynamic impact tests to the flats in the speed range of 0–400 km/h on the rig were conducted.Findings–As the speed goes up,the flat induced the maximum of the wheel/rail dynamic impact force increases rapidly before it reaches its limit at the speed of around 35 km/h.It then goes down gradually as the speed continues to grow.The impact of flat wheel on rail leads to 100–500 Hz middle-frequency vibration,and around 2,000 Hz and 6,000 Hz high-frequency vibration.In case of any wheel flat found during operation,the train speed shall be controlled according to the status of the flat and avoid the running speed of 20 km/h–80 km/h as much as possible.Originality/value–The research can provide a new method to obtain the dynamic impact of wheel/rail caused by wheel flat by a full-scale high-speed wheel/rail interface test rig.The relations among the flat size,the running speed and the dynamic impact are hopefully of reference to the building of speed limits for HSR wheel flat of different degrees.

Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling of Heavy Goods Vehicle-Rail Interaction

Based on the principle of vehicle-track coupling dynamics, SIMPACK multi-body dynamics software is used to establish a C80 wagon line-coupled multi-body dynamics model with 73 degrees of freedom. And the reasonableness of the line-coupled dynamics model is verified by using the maximum residual acceleration, the nonlinear critical speed of the wagon. The experimental results show that the established vehicle line coupling dynamics model meets the requirements of vehicle line coupling dynamics modeling.

A Novel Model for Describing Rail Weld Irregularities and Predicting Wheel-Rail Forces Using a Machine Learning Approach

Rail weld irregularities are one of the primary excitation sources for vehicle-track interaction dynamics in modern high-speed railways.They can cause significant wheel-rail dynamic interactions,leading to wheel-rail noise,component damage,and deterioration.Few researchers have employed the vehicle-track interaction dynamic model to study the dynamic interactions between wheel and rail induced by rail weld geometry irregularities.However,the cosine wave model used to simulate rail weld irregularities mainly focuses on the maximum value and neglects the geometric shape.In this study,novel theoretical models were developed for three categories of rail weld irregularities,based on measurements of the high-speed railway from Beijing to Shanghai.The vertical dynamic forces in the time and frequency domains were compared under different running speeds.These forces generated by the rail weld irregularities that were measured and modeled,respectively,were compared to validate the accuracy of the proposed model.Finally,based on the numerical study,the impact force due to rail weld irrregularity is modeled using an Artificial Neural Network(ANN),and the optimum combination of parameters for this model is found.The results showed that the proposed model provided a more accurate wheel/rail dynamic evaluation caused by rail weld irregularities than that established in the literature.The ANN model used in this paper can effectively predict the impact force due to rail weld irrregularity while reducing the computation time.

考虑材料温变特性的三维轮轨接触热分析

为研究材料温变特性对轮轨接触行为和摩擦温升的影响,提出了一种考虑材料温变特性的三维轮轨热力耦合模型,能够考虑纵、横向蠕滑率和自旋的影响,更为真实地模拟轮轨系统的服役状态.首先,研究了热力耦合建模方式对轮轨界面摩擦温升及接触应力的影响;随后,将该模型应用于地铁小半径曲线处车辆-轨道相互作用模拟.结果表明:当轮轨界面温度达到450℃时,轮轨接触应力显著降低,降幅可达20%;考虑热力耦合建模后,轮轨界面的预测温升明显低于不考虑热力耦合建模时的结果,在蠕滑率为0.16时,两者的差异可达51%;地铁车辆在小半径曲线线路上运行时轮轨摩擦温升因过大的蠕滑率与自旋会急剧增大到750℃,应考虑轮轨热力耦合建模以避免过高估计轮轨摩擦温升以及轮轨接触应力.

小半径曲线上P75钢轨打磨廓形设计及应用研究

以国内某重载铁路R400 m曲线P75钢轨为研究对象,建立了轮轨接触模型和轮径差曲线描述模型,选取代表性车轮踏面和钢轨廓形,采用轮径差曲线逆向求解法优化了轮轨接触区域钢轨廓形,并依据打磨量最小化原则设计得到了曲线钢轨打磨廓形。建立了实测参数下的车辆-轨道多体动力学仿真模型,对比分析了实测廓形和设计廓形匹配下的动力学指标。按钢轨廓形设计要求,在该R400 m曲线上实施了钢轨打磨试验和轮轨动力学测试。研究结果表明,优化后轮径差曲线趋于平滑,车辆曲线通过能力得到提高,抗脱轨能力得到保持;轮轨关系得到显著改善、轮轨接触点交叉跳跃和集中问题得到缓解;轮轨横向力减小20%以上,脱轨系数减小16%以上,钢轨法向接触应力减小32%以上,轮轨蠕滑力减小26%以上;实施打磨后,轮轨横向力减小34%以上,脱轨系数减小35%以上,钢轨振动加速度减小35%以上;打磨后3个月轨面疲劳伤损未见明显发展,钢轨使用寿命由前一换轨周期的8个月延长至13.5个月。仿真分析和打磨试验验证了钢轨廓形设计方法在重载铁路小半径曲线的应用效果。

基于交叉迭代法的车辆-轨道非线性空间耦合振动模型及算法改进

针对车辆-轨道非线性空间耦合系统动力学分析计算量大、计算耗时长及计算精度难以保证的问题,对车辆-轨道非线性空间耦合振动模型和交叉迭代法进行改进。运用有限元法分别建立车辆和轨道空间子系统动力学模型,在基于“迹线法”构建轮轨接触几何关系的基础上,提出“投影对点作差法”搜索轮轨空间接触点位置,并引入轮轨准弹性接触对其进行修正,精细化轮轨接触关系;结合车辆-轨道非线性空间耦合系统特点,改进基于Newmark数值积分的交叉迭代求解系统动力学方程的算法,并给出完整的数值计算步骤。通过与相关文献进行对比,验证改进模型和算法的有效性。结果表明:改进模型的分析精度更高,搜索轮轨空间接触点位置的速度更快;改进算法的计算过程更完善,步骤更清晰;改进的模型和算法在提高计算精度的同时,仍然具有较快的计算效率,且使数值编程更易实现,方便工程应用。

基于多目标函数的钢轨打磨廓形优选研究

针对CR400BF和CRH5动车组6~8 Hz主频车体抖动问题,从改善轮轨关系角度出发,分别建立车轮踏面和钢轨廓形样本库,通过确定目标函数和设置边界条件求解得到优选钢轨廓形。建立实参数车辆-轨道刚柔耦合动力学模型和轮轨接触弹塑性有限元模型,通过仿真分析对比优选钢轨廓形和60N廓形的等效锥度、动力学指标和轮轨接触应力。按优选钢轨廓形进行钢轨打磨试验,结果表明:优选钢轨廓形与磨耗车轮踏面匹配时轮轨关系改善,等效锥度小于上限值0.4;与不同磨耗车轮踏面匹配时,优选钢轨廓形动力学指标优于60N,且轮轨接触应力和打磨量均更小;按优选钢轨廓形进行钢轨打磨后,CR400BF、CRH5动车组舒适度、平稳性指标分别减小15.7%、13.1%以上,车体振动加速度主频消除。优选钢轨廓形可有效缓解CR400BF和CRH5动车组车体抖动,优选方法和实施流程可为相关问题研究提供参考。

轮轨摩擦系数对低地板轻轨动力响应及车轮磨耗的影响

为了确保低地板轻轨车辆安全且平稳地运行,以某轻轨线路为依托,利用多体动力学软件UM(Universal Mechanism)建立了低地板轻轨车辆-轨道耦合动力学模型。选用LM磨耗型车轮踏面以及R50标准钢轨,以美国六级不平顺轨道谱作为线路激扰。基于Hertz及Kalker简化理论、Archard模型,进行不同摩擦系数共5个工况下车辆动力响应以及车轮磨耗变化规律的仿真分析。在此基础上进一步分析了4个不同运行里程阶段对应共96组车轮磨耗型面下轻轨车辆安全性指标的变化规律。研究了4个不同运行里程阶段对应的不同车轮磨耗型面下车辆过曲线时安全性指标随摩擦系数的变化情况。结果表明:脱轨系数、轮轴横向力、轮轨横向力、车体横向加速度受摩擦系数的影响较为显著,而轮重减载率、车体垂向加速度对摩擦系数的改变并不敏感。车轮磨耗深度随里程和摩擦系数的增加而增大,且相同工况下独立旋转车轮的磨耗情况更加严重。在车辆运行40000 km后,其轮轨横向力、轮轴横向力、脱轨系数整体呈现随里程增加而增大的规律,而轮重减载率基本不受运行里程的影响。在不同摩擦系数及运行里程的叠加影响下,轮轨横向力、轮轴横向力、脱轨系数的峰值出现的位置不同,而轮重减载率却始终处于较为稳定的状态。

CRTSⅢ型板和双块式无砟轨道振动噪声特性研究

【目的】探究高速铁路CRTSⅢ型板和双块式无砟轨道的结构振动与噪声特性。【方法】以有限元、多体动力学与边界元相结合的方法为基础,通过建立高速列车-无砟轨道-箱梁耦合动力学模型和边界元模型,研究列车高速通过时的列车-轨道-箱梁耦合系统的结构动力响应,以及噪声辐射特性。【结果】结果表明,列车通过桥上CRTSⅢ型板与双块式轨道结构段时,列车的最大轮重减载率分别为0.0536与0.1657,下部箱梁挠度分别为1/9673与1/8457。与双块式无砟轨道相比,CRTSⅢ型板的轨道板及底座位移响应更小,并且轨道-箱梁系统的竖向振动衰减更快,减振性能更优。另外,比较两种轨道结构条件下的高架箱梁结构噪声,CRTSⅢ型板段的箱梁噪声总声压级更小。但是,桥下远场点噪声峰值差异较小,峰值频率接近,均为31.5Hz左右;而桥下峰值频率差异较大,Ⅲ型板的峰值频率为63Hz,双块式则为20Hz。【结论】CRTSⅢ型板式无砟轨道更适合在高速铁路桥梁段使用。

季冻区无砟轨道损伤变形及其对车轨动力响应的影响研究

为探究季冻区无砟轨道损伤变形对行车安全性和轨道服役性能的影响规律,以我国季冻区典型无砟轨道结构为研究对象,基于有限元方法和混凝土塑性损伤本构理论,建立考虑结构配筋的CRTS III型板式无砟轨道精细化非线性分析模型,研究路基冻胀作用下轨道结构的变形和损伤规律;结合多体动力学方法,建立高速车辆-轨道-路基耦合系统动力学模型,分析路基冻胀变形作用下高速铁路车-线-路基耦合系统动力响应。结果表明:冻胀位置对轨道结构伤损变形和离缝的产生和发展影响显著;当冻胀发生在底座板凹槽中间位置时,离缝值最大,当冻胀发生在底座板凹槽位置时,钢轨位移最大;当冻胀发生在底座板伸缩缝位置时,底座板最早产生宏观裂纹;轨道结构的变形损伤和层间离缝随着冻胀幅值增加、冻胀波长减小而增加;底座板相较于其他轨道结构更容易产生损伤,建议将底座板底面波脚产生裂纹的冻胀量作为控制标准;路基不均匀冻胀会加剧轮轨动态相互作用,进而对行车安全性和轨道服役性能产生不良影响;高速铁路的轮轨垂向动力响应随着路基冻胀幅值的增加而增大;20 m冻胀波长以下的冻胀变形及其幅值增大对车轨动力响应影响尤为严重,应予以重视。研究结论以期为季冻区高速铁路路基段基础结构动态性能演变及服役安全提供理论基础和工程指导。

基于3m波长地铁钢轨焊缝接头不平顺的轮轨响应分析

相对于1 m弦测值的焊缝接头动力学评估与管理,基于3 m波长范围的焊缝接头不平顺轮轨响应分析对其服役状态评估与管理具有重要意义。首先,基于车辆-轨道垂向耦合动力学理论建立车辆-轨道垂向耦合模型;然后,借助基于一弦N点弦测法研制的钢轨短波不平顺测量小车,对地铁线路焊缝接头不平顺进行精确测量,并根据传统弦测理论得到1 m弦测值;接着,将实测3 m波长焊缝接头不平顺和1 m弦测值作为车辆-轨道垂向耦合模型的不平顺激励输入,对比3 m波长焊缝接头不平顺和1 m弦测值激扰下的轮轨响应;最后,研究了车速和焊缝位置对轮轨动力响应的影响。结果表明:相比1 m弦测值激扰下的轮轨动力响应结果,3 m波长焊缝接头不平顺激扰下的轮轨力幅值变化不明显,轮重减载率幅值增大11.52%,钢轨加速度幅值增大54.05%,轮对振动加速度幅值增大37.67%;车速提高会导致轮轨力和轮重减载率幅值增大;焊缝中心与轨枕间的距离增加,轮轨力幅值先增加后减小,当焊缝中心距离轨枕0.1 m时,轮轨力幅值最大。

随机轮轨动态激励对钢弹簧浮置板轨道减振性能影响分析

为分析随机轮轨不平顺对钢弹簧浮置板轨道减振性能影响,该文采用随机模拟的方法,研究了不同轨道不平顺状态下随机车轮不圆顺在浮置板轨道插入损失评估结果方面的随机特性,以及轨道不平顺发展对插入损失评价结果的影响。研究结果表明:不同轨道不平顺状态下,随机车轮不圆顺作用下隧道壁最大Z振级的插入损失离散超过10 dB,且随着轨道不平顺的发展,插入损失的样本均值和标准差均明显减小;分频插入损失统计结果显示,轨道不平顺的发展对频率低于6.3 Hz的插入损失影响更加显著,对于20 Hz以上频段的统计均值的影响并不明显。

轨道交通下层状地基中混凝土排桩隔振效果研究

为了研究在轨道交通荷载作用下混凝土排桩的隔振效果,特建立“车轮-轨道-地基”耦合模型,通过轨道竖向不平顺功率谱建立不平顺轨道并模拟列车在其表面行驶过程,根据控制变量法研究在混凝土排桩几何参数变化的情况下对混凝土排桩隔振效果的影响,通过本文的研究结果表明:混凝土排桩具有一定的隔振效果,随着各个参数的变化其隔振效果也会发生改变;桩长的增加,地基表面和地基深处隔振效果增强;随着埋置深度和桩间距的增加,混凝土排桩的隔振效果均下降,布置混凝土排桩埋深越浅隔振效果越好,布置混凝土排桩越紧密隔振效果越好。在土层的分界面上会出现振动加强的效果,在实际施工中应注意土体分层面带来的影响。

轮轨激扰下轨道车辆轴箱轴承振动与润滑特性分析

基于赫兹接触和弹流润滑理论建立了考虑轴箱轴承的轨道车辆模型,研究了轮轨激扰对轴箱轴承的振动特性和油膜刚度特性的影响规律。分别采用MATLAB/Simulink和UM软件建立了轴承动力学模型和轨道车辆模型,通过相互作用力实现二者的耦合关系。模拟了轴承和轮对的典型故障形式,并详细分析了这些故障对轴承的振动特性和润滑特性的影响。研究结果表明:润滑可以有效减小轴承的振动;轴承的局部故障将导致油膜刚度的增大,轴承故障和车轮扁疤都对润滑的影响较为显著;此外,轮轨激扰会降低轴承外圈的振动比率,但是会增大车辆其他部件的振动,对车体的振动几乎无影响。

基于多尺度有限元建模技术的GJ-III型扣件轨道动力特性分析

GJ-III型扣件轨道作为地铁线路一种中等减振轨道,服役后出现钢轨短波长波磨,导致高频轮轨振动噪声问题。为探明该轨道的动力特性,利用ABAQUS软件建立减振扣件轨道的三维有限元模型。为减小有限长轨道边界反射波影响并同时保证计算效率,采用多尺度建模技术将轨道简化为梁-壳-实体模型。利用该模型探究了轮轨耦合作用下的轨道垂向动力特性,分析了扣件垂向刚度和阻尼对轨道垂向频响特性的影响。结果表明:(1)将50.0 m实体轨道模型简化为12.5 m实体和37.5 m梁-壳模型,可节约65.3%的计算时间,同时仿真与现场测试结果基本一致。(2)钢轨垂向一阶弯曲和pinned-pinned共振模态在轨道垂向位移导纳上表征明显,其频带分别为100~150 Hz和1022~1101 Hz。(3)减振扣件轨道在100 Hz以下振动响应表现为钢轨和道床板的整体弯曲和扭转振动;车辆静载集中力引起的钢轨预应力会诱发400~800 Hz轮对间轨道垂向频响峰值。(4)考虑柔性轮对作用后,轨道垂向位移导纳在分别在43 Hz、381 Hz和641 Hz处出现新的明显峰值,分别对应于轮轨耦合的P2共振模态、轮对间钢轨垂向二、三阶弯曲模态。柔性车轮在180 Hz、341 Hz和504 Hz处的振动模态也会引起钢轨垂向导纳出现新峰值。轮对质量效应对减振扣件轨道50~250 Hz内垂向振动有抑制作用,钢轨不易萌生该频段波磨。(5)钢轨垂向一阶弯曲、P2共振和轮对间钢轨垂向弯曲频率均随扣件垂向刚度增加而增加,扣件垂向阻尼仅对轨道导纳波动幅值有抑制作用。

惯性增强动力吸振器-浮置板轨道低频减振性能研究

浮置板轨道(floating slab track, FST)对低频车轨耦合振动具有放大作用,由此引起的低频环境振动难以解决。引入惯性增强动力吸振系统(inerter enhanced dynamic vibration absorber, IDVA),提出带有IDVA的FST,即FST-IDVA,以减小列车移动荷载下的低频振动影响。理论分析给出浮置板轨道结构等效单自由度系统;考虑轮轨激励随机性,应用H_(2)优化理论给出IDVA的设计参数理论解;开发一种Matlab-Ansys联合仿真技术,应用该技术计算8编组列车运行过程中的车轨耦合动力响应。对比无动力吸振器和普通动力吸振器,验证惯性增强动力吸振器对浮置板轨道低频振动的抑制性能。研究结果表明,移动车辆荷载作用下,应用惯性增强动力吸振器后,FST板在其基频处加速度响应、钢弹簧支反力、单块板传往基础的合力均得到有效减小。惯容器的动态质量效果使吸振器与FST之间的相对位移减小大于50%。该技术可在浮置板轨道有限空间内实现更好的低频减振性能。