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- Title
Analysis of modal frequency optimization of railway vehicle car body.
- Authors
Wenjing Sun; Jinsong Zhou; Dao Gong; Taiwen You
- Abstract
High structural modal frequencies of car body are beneficial as they ensure better vibration control and enhance ride quality of railway vehicles. Modal sensitivity optimization and elastic suspension parameters used in the design of equipment beneath the chassis of the car body are proposed in order to improve the modal frequencies of car bodies under service conditions. Modal sensitivity optimization is based on sensitivity analysis theory which considers the thickness of the body frame at various positions as variables in order to achieve optimization. Equipment suspension design analyzes the influence of suspension parameters on the modal frequencies of the car body through the use of an equipment-car body coupled model. Results indicate that both methods can effectively improve the modal parameters of the car body. Modal sensitivity optimization increases vertical bending frequency from 9.70 to 10.60 Hz, while optimization of elastic suspension parameters increases the vertical bending frequency to 10.51 Hz. The suspension design can be used without alteration to the structure of the car body while ensuring better ride quality.
- Subjects
SUSPENSION of railroad cars; SENSITIVITY analysis; MATHEMATICAL models; QUALITY assurance; AUTOMOBILE springs &; suspension
- Publication
Advances in Mechanical Engineering (Sage Publications Inc.), 2016, Vol 8, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1687-8132
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1687814016643640