The effect of track alignment irregularity on wheel-rail contact geometry relationship in a turnout zone

Journal of Modern Transportation - Tập 20 - Trang 148-152 - 2013
Li Wang1, Ping Wang1, Shunxi Quan2, Rong Chen1
1MOE Key Laboratory of High-speed Railway Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
2China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co., Ltd, Wuhan, China

Tóm tắt

The irregularity is a key factor affecting the wheel-rail contact geometry relationship. In this paper, we calculated the wheel-rail contact points at typical sections and obtained the longitudinal variation of the wheel-rail geometry relationship with the trace line method. The profile of the key rail sections was matched by cubic spline curve, and the shape interpolation was realized in non-controlling sections. The results show that the roll angles at each typical section increases gradually with the enlargement of track alignment irregularity. When the flange contact occurs, the roll angle increases dramatically. Proper track alignment irregularity towards the switch rail improves the structure irregularity of the turnout.

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