Tolerable longitudinal forces for freight trains in tight S-curves using three-dimensional multi-body simulations

QC 20190520
With the need for increasing length of freight trains, Longitudinal Train Dynamics (LTD) and its influence on the running safety becomes a key issue. LTD is a complex issue with contributions from both the vehicles and the operating conditions such as infrastructure design, braking regimes, etc. Standards such as the UIC Code 530-2 and EN-15839 detail the procedure for on-track propelling tests that should be conducted to determine the running safety of a single wagon. Also, it only considers a single S-curve and specifies neighbouring wagons and buffers. The resulting LTD would hence not be able to judge the effects of various heterogeneities in the train formation such as the adjacent wagons, buffer types, carbody torsional stiffnesses, curvatures, etc. Here, there is a potential of using three-dimensional multi-body simulations to develop a methodology to judge the running safety of a train with regards to its longitudinal dynamic behaviour, subjected to various heterogeneities. A tool based on three-dimensional multi-body simulations has been developed to provide Longitudinal Compressive Force (LCF) limits, tolerable LCF for wagon combinations passing through S-curves of varying curvatures and assess the sensitivities of the various heterogeneities present in the train. The methodology is applied to open wagons of the ‘Falns’ type on tight S-curves by calculating the corresponding tolerable LCF and the effect of various parameters on the same is discussed.

Berg, Mats,1956-KTH,Farkost och flyg(Swepub:kth)u1n563x9 (author)
Stichel, Sebastian,1966-KTH,Farkost och flyg,Järnvägsgruppen, JVG(Swepub:kth)u16dpj61 (author)
KTHFarkost och flyg (creator_code:org_t)

In:Proceedings of the Institution of mechanical engineers. Part F, journal of rail and rapid transit: Sage Publications234:5, s. 454-4670954-40972041-3017

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