Abstract
This study focuses on the quantification of the influence of rolling stock failures (RSFs) on railway infrastructure. Taking the wheel flat, a common RSF, as an example, we introduce four quantification indexes to evaluate the influence on the following four deterioration mechanisms: track settlement (TS), track component fatigue (TCF), abrasive wear (AW), and rolling contact fatigue (RCF). Our results indicate that TS, TCF, and AW increase sharply with the increase of the wheel flat length and the vehicle speed, and this increasing trend becomes more acute with the increase of the wheel flat length and the vehicle speed. At low speeds, RCF increases gradually as the wheel flat length increases; at high speeds, it increases sharply at first and then decreases gradually. The influence of the wheel flat on TCF and AW is the most obvious, followed by TS and RCF. These findings can help infrastructure managers (IMs) to better understand infrastructure conditions related to RSFs and can aid them in managing problems with vehicle abnormality in track access charging.
目的
了解和量化铁路车辆机械故障对铁路基础设施退 化的影响有利于提高列车安全性, 合理制定维护 策略, 以及优化轨道收费模型。本研究为欧洲 Shift2Rail-Assets4rail 项目的一部分(报告以非公 开的形式被递交), 旨在量化铁路车辆机械故障 对轨道退化的影响, 为调整现有的轨道收费模型 提供合理的建议。
创新点
1. 分析一个常见的铁路车辆机械故障(擦伤)对 四个用于轨道收费模型的量化指标的影响; 2. 引 入金代理模型方法以减少仿真次数。
方法
1. 建立一个带有擦伤的机车多体动力学模型,并 考虑车轮和轨道的柔性; 2. 引入金代理模型以量 化车辆速度和擦伤尺寸对四种损坏机制(轨道沉 降、轨道构件疲劳、钢轨磨耗和钢轨滚动接触疲 劳)的影响。
结论
1. 轨道沉降、轨道构件疲劳和钢轨磨耗随着擦伤 尺寸和车速的增加而急剧增加, 并且这种增加趋 势随着擦伤尺寸和车速的增加而变得更加尖锐。 2. 在低速时, 滚动接触疲劳随着擦伤尺寸的增加 而逐渐增加;在高速时, 它首先急剧增加, 然后 逐渐减小。3. 擦伤对轨道构件疲劳和钢轨磨耗的 影响最为显著, 其次是轨道沉降和滚动接触 疲劳。
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The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.
In line 6, p.785, the data “0.06” should be “6.04×10<Superscript>−6</Superscript>”, i.e. “The results showed that among these seven failures, the occurrence probabilities of the wheel out-of-round and the wheel flat are the highest, both are approximately 6.04×10<Superscript>−6</Superscript>.”
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Yun-guang YE: conceptualization, formal analysis, funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, validation, visualization, writing-original draft, writing-review & editing. Da-chuan SHI: conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, writing-review & editing. Sara POVEDA-REYES: formal analysis, funding acquisition, project administration, writing-review & editing. Markus HECHT: funding acquisition, project administration, resources, software, and supervision.
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Project supported by the Assets4Rail Project Funded by the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the EU’s H2020 Program (No. 826250) and the China Scholarship Council (No. 201707000113). Open access funding provided by Projekt DEAL
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Ye, Yg., Shi, Dc., Poveda-Reyes, S. et al. Quantification of the influence of rolling stock failures on track deterioration. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A 21, 783–798 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A2000033
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