<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The railway transport network is currently in a quite big expansion. Therefore, railway tracks are modernized and the attention is given also on the technical state of rail vehicles, which operate on them. However, it may happen that the wheel surface is damaged. One of the most common reasons of wheel damage is too much braking, which results to the wheel-flat formation. This article is focused on the evaluation of the influence of a rail vehicle running on the railway track, which a wheel is damaged by the wheel-flat. Investigation of these negative effects was performed by means of simulation computations. As evaluating parameters, values of the wheel force in the contact of the rail and wheel with a flat where observed.</p></abstract>

The railway transport network is currently in a quite big expansion. Therefore, railway tracks are modernized and the attention is given also on the technical state of rail vehicles, which operate on them. However, it may happen that the wheel surface is damaged. One of the most common reasons of wheel damage is too much braking, which results to the wheel-flat formation. This article is focused on the evaluation of the influence of a rail vehicle running on the railway track, which a wheel is damaged by the wheel-flat. Investigation of these negative effects was performed by means of simulation computations. As evaluating parameters, values of the wheel force in the contact of the rail and wheel with a flat where observed.

Evaluation of the Influence of a Rail Vehicle Running with Wheel-flat on the Railway Track

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics

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The railway transport network is currently in a quite big expansion. Therefore, railway tracks are modernized and the attention is given also on the technical...

Evaluation of the Influence of a Rail Vehicle Running with Wheel-flat on the Railway Track

Published Online: Jun 22, 2018

Page range: 24 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2018-0004

Keywords
Rail vehicle, simulation computations, wheel-flat, vertical wheel forces

© 2018 Ján Dižo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Evaluation of the Influence of a Rail Vehicle Running with Wheel-flat on the Railway Track

Published Online: Jun 22, 2018

Page range: 24 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2018-0004

KeywordsRail vehicle, simulation computations, wheel-flat, vertical wheel forces

© 2018 Ján Dižo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Rail vehicle, simulation computations, wheel-flat, vertical wheel forces