Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels

This paper describes a measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point in a railway vehicle using a wheelset to measure the wheel/rail contact forces, which is generally used for the sake of the running safety evaluation in Japan. The clarification of phenomenon related...

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Autores principales: Takatoshi HONDO, Yoshinao NOGUCHI
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:83a2922041bd4b92b12dd882defccdef2021-11-29T05:56:31ZMeasurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels2187-974510.1299/mej.19-00659https://doaj.org/article/83a2922041bd4b92b12dd882defccdef2020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/7/3/7_19-00659/_pdf/-char/enhttps://doaj.org/toc/2187-9745This paper describes a measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point in a railway vehicle using a wheelset to measure the wheel/rail contact forces, which is generally used for the sake of the running safety evaluation in Japan. The clarification of phenomenon related to the wheel/rail contact has very important role to discuss the curving performance and the running safety of railway vehicles. The longitudinal displacement of the contact point is related to the wheelset angle of attack, which is related to the steering performance of the wheelset. The authors propose algorithms to extract informations about the contact point from the cyclic signal of the strain gauges that are put on the wheel to measure the contact forces. Experiments on roller rigs were carried out to evaluate the reliability and the accuracy of the proposed algorithm. The running tests were also carried out to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed algorithm to the real condition used. Those test results show that the measurement result using proposed algorithm is reliable as a longitudinal displacement of the contact point.Takatoshi HONDOYoshinao NOGUCHIThe Japan Society of Mechanical Engineersarticlerunning safety of railway vehiclewheelset angle of attackwheel/rail contactcurving performancewheel/rail contact forcescontact geometryMechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ENMechanical Engineering Journal, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 19-00659-19-00659 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic running safety of railway vehicle
wheelset angle of attack
wheel/rail contact
curving performance
wheel/rail contact forces
contact geometry
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
spellingShingle running safety of railway vehicle
wheelset angle of attack
wheel/rail contact
curving performance
wheel/rail contact forces
contact geometry
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
Takatoshi HONDO
Yoshinao NOGUCHI
Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
description This paper describes a measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point in a railway vehicle using a wheelset to measure the wheel/rail contact forces, which is generally used for the sake of the running safety evaluation in Japan. The clarification of phenomenon related to the wheel/rail contact has very important role to discuss the curving performance and the running safety of railway vehicles. The longitudinal displacement of the contact point is related to the wheelset angle of attack, which is related to the steering performance of the wheelset. The authors propose algorithms to extract informations about the contact point from the cyclic signal of the strain gauges that are put on the wheel to measure the contact forces. Experiments on roller rigs were carried out to evaluate the reliability and the accuracy of the proposed algorithm. The running tests were also carried out to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed algorithm to the real condition used. Those test results show that the measurement result using proposed algorithm is reliable as a longitudinal displacement of the contact point.
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author Takatoshi HONDO
Yoshinao NOGUCHI
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Yoshinao NOGUCHI
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title Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
title_short Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
title_full Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
title_fullStr Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
title_full_unstemmed Measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
title_sort measurement method for longitudinal displacement of wheel/rail contact point using strain gauges put on wheels
publisher The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/83a2922041bd4b92b12dd882defccdef
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