Research into resistance to the motion of railroad undercarriages related to directing the wheelsets by a rail track

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2017.109791

Keywords:

railway transport, train traction, resource saving, motion resistance, directing the undercarriages by a rail track

Abstract

Energy saving direction on railway transport is substantiated based on reducing the motion resistance related to directing the undercarriages by a rail track. This motion resistance is defined as the kinematic resistance to motion. We clarified the nature of motion resistance associated with directing the rolling stock by a rail track. This opens up certain prospects in terms of reducing the kinematic motion resistance through design parameters of the trucks and the track. The kinematic resistance to motion could become an additional criterion for the optimal choice of characteristics of mechanical part of the undercarriages. The same applies to the permissible deviations in parameters of the rolling stock and the track.

We model steady motion of a semi-wagon’s truck in a circular curve at constant velocity under the action of contact track forces, tractive force from the locomotive, and the unsuppressed centrifugal or centripetal forces of inertia. The kinematic motion resistance is determined as the longitudinal force applied to the truck’s pivot in order to balance all external forces.

The dependences were obtained of specific kinematic resistance to motion on the motion velocity, base of the truck, radius of the curve, clearances of the wheelset in a rail track, and elevation of the outer rail. In particular, we derived a value of the motion velocity at which the minimum of resistance is observed. As we established, this speed does not match the equilibrium velocity and is 15−20 % lower.

The study showed the possibility to predict resistance related to directing the undercarriages by a rail track. This opens up the prospect for choosing rational parameters of undercarriage gear of the rolling stock from the point of view of motion resistance

Author Biographies

Victor Tkachenko, State University of Infrastructure and Technology Kyrylivska str., 9/3, Kyiv, Ukraine, 04080

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Traction rolling stock of the railway

Svitlana Sapronova, State University of Infrastructure and Technology Kyrylivska str., 9/3, Kyiv, Ukraine, 04080

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of cars and carriage facilities

Ivan Kulbovskiy, State University of Infrastructure and Technology Kyrylivska str., 9/3, Kyiv, Ukraine, 04080

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Building structures and facilities

Oleksij Fomin, State University of Infrastructure and Technology Kyrylivska str., 9/3, Kyiv, Ukraine, 04080

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of cars and carriage facilities

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2017-10-24

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Tkachenko, V., Sapronova, S., Kulbovskiy, I., & Fomin, O. (2017). Research into resistance to the motion of railroad undercarriages related to directing the wheelsets by a rail track. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 5(7 (89), 65–72. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2017.109791

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Vol. 5 No. 7 (89) (2017): Applied mechanics

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