On the Evaluation of Wheel Sets and Railway Track Quality

The cost of maintenance and the safety of railway operation depend (among other things) on the quality of the wheel sets interaction with the rails. There is the necessity to monitor the rolling behavior of regular vehicles. Of most importance is the time behavior of the traveling contact forces between the wheel sets and the trucks. The rolling wheel set obtains a very different position relative to the track, which creates restraints in the wheel set and the track panel structure, and which will discharge continuously by friction induced vibration. Those vibrations cause corrugation, ballast deterioration, wear, squealing noise and other environmental impacts.

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• Authors:
  • Bogacz, R
  • Meinke, P
  • Zajac, B
• Conference:
  • Eleventh International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems (COMPRAIL08)
  • Location: Toledo , Spain
  • Date: 2008-9-15 to 2008-9-17
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 745-752
• Monograph Title: Computers in Railways XI. Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and other Transit Systems

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Damping (Physics); Railroad tracks; Rolling contact; Rolling stock; Train track dynamics; Wheelsets (Railroads)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Curve squealing; Railroad operations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01115176
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845641269
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 2008 7:31AM