Radial self-steering bogies - Development, advantages and limitations

• Considering the total cost of railway operations, It is important to reduce the deterioration caused to the track by rail vehicles and vice versa. Radial steering running gear, where the wheelsets take up approximate radial positions in curves, is an important mean of reducing rail and wheel wear. They also allow curves to be negotiated at higher lateral acceleration on non-perfect track, without exceeding stipulated limits for lateral track shift forces. In order to run dynamically stable at high speed, the damping of the bogie must be appropriate, in particular the yaw damping between bogies and car body. Since the mid-1970's radial self-steering bogles have been developed and used in about 1 200 passenger rail vehicles in Scandinavia. This development continues and during 2006 a test train with radial self-steering bogies is run in speeds up till 281 km/h as part of the Swedish R&D program "GrönaTå get" (GreenTrain). Although there are limitations in the performance of passively self-steering bogles they are a simple and proven solution. Ultimately, In the future actively controlled radial steering may be considered asan appropriate mean to achieve higher performance and track-friendliness.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Farkostteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Vehicle Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Car body

Railway operations

Self-steering bogies

Wheel wear

Vehicle engineering

Farkostteknik

Järnvägsgruppen - Gröna tåget

Järnvägsgruppen - Gröna tåget

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