APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENT METHOD TO THE STUDY OF STRENGTH OF CAR BODY STRUCTURE AND WHEEL

Regarding stress distribution of railway car body, the calculation method for the strength of side frame was developed and has been used for initial design of new cars. Other parts (e.g. wheel, axle, truck framing) have been respectively designed by comparatively elementary calculation methods. However, by using finite element method (F.E.M.), these calculation methods for design can be unified and made precise. In this study, its application to structural problems of car body and stress distribution of wheel under the lateral load, centrifugal force due to high, speed rotation and temperature rise due to braking are described.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ken-yusha, Incorporated

  1-45-6 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Arai, H
• Publication Date: 1974-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Finite element method; Freight cars; Motor vehicle bodies; Passenger cars; Stresses; Technology; Thermal stresses; Tilting trains; Wheels
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems; Car body; Passenger car tilting; Wheel stresses; Wheel thermal stresses
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054949
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM