EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS OF LATERAL LOADS ON RAILWAY WHEELS
An experimental stress analysis was conducted to determine the strain due to lateral loading in the front hub-plate fillets of thirteen railway wheels of various designs. It was found that the maximum strain occurs at the point of minimum depression of the hub-plate fillet. The effects of wheel geometry are such that predictions of strain as a function of geometry cannot be made over a wide range of wheel designs with a high level of confidence. The geometric variables which have the greatest effect on the plate strain due to lateral loading are thickness at minimum rim-plate depression, plate angle and rim-plate fillet radius. Increasing any of these dimensions tends to decrease the strain.
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Corporate Authors:
Association of American Railroads Research Center
3140 South Federal Street
Chicago, IL United States 60616 -
Authors:
- Stone, D H
- Publication Date: 1975-3
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 54 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Stresses; Structural analysis; Vehicle design; Wheels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral loads
- Old TRIS Terms: Wheel design; Wheel stresses
- Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00098083
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
- Report/Paper Numbers: R-167
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM