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- Title
A Comparative Study on the Beam and Continuum Finite Element Models for the Rail–Wheel Vibration.
- Authors
Xie, Q.; Zhou, Y. X.; Zhan, Y.; Sze, K. Y.; Han, W. S.
- Abstract
The rail–wheel interaction can induce train and track vibrations and consequently lead to noise impact, passengers' discomfort, high maintenance cost, etc. Due to the complexity of the rail–wheel interaction and the high cost of field tests, as well as the difficulties in data collection, numerical analyses have been widely resorted to for predicting the train and track vibrations, for which numerous numerical models have been developed. According to track modeling approaches, numerical models can be generally divided into two categories, i.e. beam models and continuum finite element (FE) models. In this paper, these two models are systematically compared and discussed. First, a typical beam model of Wu and Thompson [T. X. Wu and D. Thompson, On the parametric excitation of the wheel/track system, J. Sound Vib.278(4) (2004) 725–747.] is introduced, based on which a modified model is then established. Secondly, a plane continuum FE model with high mesh quality is established, in which the transition mesh generation, contact treatment and element size determination are presented. Numerical tests are conducted to validate the proposed plane FE model. Finally, both the beam and the plane continuum FE models are examined through typical rail–wheel interaction examples, in which the linear response of the track as well as the rail–wheel vibrations under both a single rolling wheel and two rolling wheels are analyzed. The results show that most of the vibration trends obtained from the two models agree well with each other. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that the continuum FE model has superiorities, especially for analyzing vibrations at higher frequencies. The present study can be of considerable help for designers and engineers in the railway industry to achieve the trade-off between the simulation demands and the computational cost.
- Subjects
RAILROADS; FREQUENCIES of oscillating systems; RAILROAD rails; BALLAST (Railroads); COMPARATIVE studies; MAINTENANCE costs
- Publication
International Journal of Structural Stability & Dynamics, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 7, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0219-4554
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0219455419500767