Purpose-Express freight transportation is in rapid development currently.Owing to the higher speed of express freight train,the deformation of the bridge deck worsens the railway line condition under the action of win...Purpose-Express freight transportation is in rapid development currently.Owing to the higher speed of express freight train,the deformation of the bridge deck worsens the railway line condition under the action of wind and train moving load when the train runs over a long-span bridge.Besides,the blunt car body of vehicle has poor aerodynamic characteristics,bringing a greater challenge on the running stability in the crosswind.Design/methodology/approach-In this study,the aerodynamic force coefficients of express freight vehicles on the bridge are measured by scale model wind tunnel test.The dynamic model of the train-long-span steel truss bridge coupling system is established,and the dynamic response as well as the running safety of vehicle are evaluated.Findings-The results show that wind speed has a significant influence on running safety,which is mainly reflected in the over-limitation of wheel unloading rate.The wind speed limit decreases with train speed,and it reduces to 18.83 m/s when the train speed is 160 km/h.Originality/value-This study deepens the theoretical understanding of the interaction between vehicles and bridges and proposes new methods for analyzing similar engineering problems.It also provides a new theoretical basis for the safety assessment of express freight trains.展开更多
Size and weight limitations mean that ordinary railway vehicles with two double-axle bogies cannot deliver some extremely heavy cargo and products.Thus,a newly designed high-speed freight electric multiple unit(EMU)eq...Size and weight limitations mean that ordinary railway vehicles with two double-axle bogies cannot deliver some extremely heavy cargo and products.Thus,a newly designed high-speed freight electric multiple unit(EMU)equipped with two bogie groups each with two double-axle bogies connected by a transition frame is an alternative means of transporting heavy products because of its greater load capacity.However,because it is still in the design stage,its dynamic performance is yet to be researched,something that is urgently required because of the more-complicated structure and more-intensive wheel-rail interactions than those of traditional high-speed railway vehicles.Therefore,to reveal the dynamic performance,this study establishes a three-dimensional dynamic model of a trailer vehicle in a high-speed freight EMU equipped with four double-axle bogies based on the classical theory of vehicle-track coupled dynamics.In this dynamic model,the vertical,horizontal,rolling,pitching,and yaw motions of the major components excited by random irregularities in the track geometry are considered fully.The results indicate that the derailment coefficient and stability index of this vehicle are both at excellent levels for the simulated conditions.The wheel unloading ratio appears to be larger but still within the safety range when the vehicle runs in a straight line,but it is close to or can even exceed the limit value when the vehicle runs at 400 km/h on a specified curved line.展开更多
基金supported by the Research Major Project of China Academy of Railway Sciences Group Co.,Ltd(Grant No.2021YJ270)the China National Railway Group Science and Technology Program(Grant No.N2022T001).
文摘Purpose-Express freight transportation is in rapid development currently.Owing to the higher speed of express freight train,the deformation of the bridge deck worsens the railway line condition under the action of wind and train moving load when the train runs over a long-span bridge.Besides,the blunt car body of vehicle has poor aerodynamic characteristics,bringing a greater challenge on the running stability in the crosswind.Design/methodology/approach-In this study,the aerodynamic force coefficients of express freight vehicles on the bridge are measured by scale model wind tunnel test.The dynamic model of the train-long-span steel truss bridge coupling system is established,and the dynamic response as well as the running safety of vehicle are evaluated.Findings-The results show that wind speed has a significant influence on running safety,which is mainly reflected in the over-limitation of wheel unloading rate.The wind speed limit decreases with train speed,and it reduces to 18.83 m/s when the train speed is 160 km/h.Originality/value-This study deepens the theoretical understanding of the interaction between vehicles and bridges and proposes new methods for analyzing similar engineering problems.It also provides a new theoretical basis for the safety assessment of express freight trains.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB1201300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51775453)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power of Southwest Jiaotong University(Grant No.2019TPL-T09)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2682019YQ04)。
文摘Size and weight limitations mean that ordinary railway vehicles with two double-axle bogies cannot deliver some extremely heavy cargo and products.Thus,a newly designed high-speed freight electric multiple unit(EMU)equipped with two bogie groups each with two double-axle bogies connected by a transition frame is an alternative means of transporting heavy products because of its greater load capacity.However,because it is still in the design stage,its dynamic performance is yet to be researched,something that is urgently required because of the more-complicated structure and more-intensive wheel-rail interactions than those of traditional high-speed railway vehicles.Therefore,to reveal the dynamic performance,this study establishes a three-dimensional dynamic model of a trailer vehicle in a high-speed freight EMU equipped with four double-axle bogies based on the classical theory of vehicle-track coupled dynamics.In this dynamic model,the vertical,horizontal,rolling,pitching,and yaw motions of the major components excited by random irregularities in the track geometry are considered fully.The results indicate that the derailment coefficient and stability index of this vehicle are both at excellent levels for the simulated conditions.The wheel unloading ratio appears to be larger but still within the safety range when the vehicle runs in a straight line,but it is close to or can even exceed the limit value when the vehicle runs at 400 km/h on a specified curved line.
