Towards an engineering model for curve squeal
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

Curve squeal is a strong tonal noise that may arise when a railway vehicle negotiates a curve. The wheel/rail contact model is the central part of prediction models, describing the frictional instability occurring in the contact during squeal. A previously developed time-domain squeal model considers the wheel and rail dynamics, and the wheel/rail contact is solved using Kalker’s nonlinear transient CONTACT algorithm with Coulomb friction. In this paper, contact models with different degree of simplification are compared to CONTACT within the previously developed squeal model in order to determine a suitable contact algorithm for an engineering curve squeal model. Kalker’s steady-state FASTSIM is evaluated, and, without further modification, shows unsatisfying results. An alternative transient single-point contact algorithm named SPOINT is formulated with the friction model derived from CONTACT. Comparing with the original model results, the SPOINT implementation results are promising and similar to results from CONTACT.

frictional instability

railway

rail

single-point contact

CONTACT

curve squeal

contact mechanics

wheel

Författare

Ivan Zenzerovic

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Teknisk akustik

Astrid Pieringer

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Teknisk akustik

Wolfgang Kropp

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Teknisk akustik

Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design

1612-2909 (ISSN) 1860-0824 (eISSN)

Vol. 126 433-440

Ämneskategorier

Maskinteknik

Farkostteknik

Strömningsmekanik och akustik

Styrkeområden

Transport

DOI

10.1007/978-3-662-44832-8_52

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