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Safety measures against flange-climb derailment in sharp curve-considering friction coefficient between wheel and rail –.
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Wear . Aug2019, Vol. 432/433, p202931-202931. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- To estimate the safety against flange-climb derailments the safety measures based on Nadal's formula have been used in the world. These measures are effective, but the safety margin against flange-climb cannot be estimated quantitively because the actual friction condition between rail and wheel flange cannot be measured by conventional methods. In this paper, the authors propose a new method for the estimation of the friction condition between rail and wheel flange, and using the estimated value of the friction coefficients, a safety measure, the "flange-climb index" (FCI), is proposed. The value of FCI can evaluate the margin for the safety against flange-climb occurrences quantitatively according to the friction conditions. • Y/Q in Nadal's formula cannot examine the margin against flange-climb occurrence quantitatively. • The authors propose a new safety measure index FCI against flange-climb derailments. • FCI can quantitatively estimate the margin against flange-climb occurrences. • FCI is calculated considering the friction coefficient between wheel flange and rail. • The friction coefficient can be estimated by look-up tables created by MBD simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00431648
- Volume :
- 432/433
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Wear
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137643667
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2019.202931