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Mechanical characteristics of resilient wheels that consider structural nonlinearity and varying wheel/rail contact point

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The effects of structural nonlinearity (including rubber material and contact boundary nonlinearities) and variable wheel/rail contact point on the dynamic characteristics of resilient wheels are studied to investigate the mechanical properties of these wheels. Primarily, static and dynamic tests are designed to determine the nonlinear constitutive relationship of rubber materials in resilient wheels, and the viscoelastic properties of rubber are discussed. On this basis, the mapping relationship between the elastic modulus and stiffness of rubber in a resilient wheel system is deduced, and the stiffness characteristics of viscoelastic rubber materials are determined. The dynamic models of four types of wheels namely, a solid wheel (SW), a resilient wheel that considers linear rubber (RWL), a resilient wheel that considers nonlinear rubber (RWNL), and a resilient wheel that considers nonlinear rubber and contact boundary (RWNC), are established on the basis of the Yeoh constitutive model for hyper-elastic materials. The changes in wheel/rail contact point and wheel/rail force during train running are obtained under long/short wave irregularity excitation by adopting an established vehicle–track coupled dynamic model. Then the nonlinear dynamic behavior of resilient wheels subjected to varying wheel/rail contact point and wheel/rail force is studied. Finally, the influences of rubber material parameters on the dynamic characteristics of resilient wheels are explored. Results show that the acceleration of a resilient wheel is effectively reduced compared with that of SW. Resilient wheel acceleration that considers variable wheel/rail contact point is larger than that without considering the change in wheel/rail contact point. The deformation rates of rubber subjected to variable and constant wheel/rail contact behavior are 7 and 10%, respectively, and the midpoint deformation of rubber is less than its endpoint deformation. Compared with that of SW, the acceleration of RWL is reduced by 10 and 17% respectively under variable and constant wheel/rail contact points, respectively. Meanwhile, the acceleration of RWNL is reduced by 9 and 7% compared with that of RWL. The influences of nonlinear material characteristics and contact boundary on the dynamic characteristics of resilient wheels are not evident. The major vibration frequencies of the four types of wheels are 3–5, 10, and 22 Hz. The vibration and deformation of resilient wheels increase with an increase in the hardness of rubber.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [52008067], the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province [2021YFG0211], the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX1193], the Chongqing Construction Science and Technology Project [CS2020-4-6], the Open Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Mountain Bridge and Tunnel Engineering [SKLBT-19-002].

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    Zhaowei Chen, Qianhua Pu & Quanming Long

  2. College of Traffic and Transportation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, No. 66 Xuefu Rd., Nan’an Dist., Chongqing, China

    Ting Shang

  3. Chongqing Rail Transit (Group) Co., Ltd, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

    Zhi Wang & Jun Zhang

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Chen, Z., Pu, Q., Long, Q. et al. Mechanical characteristics of resilient wheels that consider structural nonlinearity and varying wheel/rail contact point. Int J Mech Mater Des 20, 15–33 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-023-09655-8

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