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A new wheel/rail contact model for independent wheels

Neues Modell des Rad-Gleiskontaktes für unabhängige Räder

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The classical multibody approach in railway vehicle dynamics considers as rolling element a rigid wheelset, for which the geometrical problem associated with the wheel/rail contact and the formulation of the dynamic equations are well known at the present time. New designs of non-conventional bogies led us to develop a new model for independent wheels in which each wheel/rail contact must be treated separately due to the absence of an axle between left and right wheels. This model constitutes an additional feature of the multibody approach for this type of application. The classical multibody formalism is first briefly reviewed and the wheel/rail contact model is then developed in the case of a straight track. The way the model has been extended to curved track is also explained. Finally, numerical results related to classical and non-conventional bogies will be presented before concluding.

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Die klassische Mehrkörper-Annäherung in der Dynamik der Eisenbahnfahrzeuge betrachtet als Rollelement das steife Achse-Räder-System, dessen geometrisches Problem des Kontaktes zwischen Rad und Gleis sowie dessen Formulierung der dynamischen Gleichungen heutzutage allbekannt sind. Neue Konzepte von unkonventionellen Drehgestellen führte die Autoren zur Entwicklung eines neuen Modells für unabhängige Räder, in welchem aufgrund des Fehlens einer gemeinsamen Achse zwischen linkem und rechtem Rad jeder Rad-Gleis-Kontakt getrennt betrachtet werden soll. Dieses Modell bildet einen zusätzlichen Gesichtspunkt der Mehrkörper-Methode für die Lösung solcher Probleme. Nach kurzer Betrachtung des klassischen Mehrkörper-Formalismus wird ein Modell des Rad-Gleis-Kontaktes für eine gerade Strecke entwickelt. Weiter folgt die Ausweitung des Modells auf ein gekrümmtes Gleis und schließlich werden die numerischen Ergebnisse für klassische und nicht-konventionelle Drehgestelle vorgelegt.

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Fisette, P., Samin, J.C. A new wheel/rail contact model for independent wheels. Arch. Appl. Mech. 64, 180–191 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00806816

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