Determination of dynamic sizes during the process of impact of railway wagons

Abstract

The objective of research in this paper refers to the theoretical and experimental determination of dynamic sizes that occur during the process of impact of railway wagons. At the process of wagons impact as well as at the time of changes of movement regime (starting, stopping, and braking), the longitudinal forces that significantly affect the stress-deformational state of the supporting wagon structure occur. In the process of developing and designing new types of wagons and in the process of identifying the behavior of existing types of wagons, it is necessary to know the values of the most important dynamic sizes that occur during the process of impact. In this paper, a method for determining these sizes is formed by using the theoretical models of impact of wagons. Results of numerical simulation of impact are compared with the results of experimental tests, which were conducted according to international regulations. Research has shown that the results of numerical simulations coincide with the results of experimental tests, with certain exceptions. It is concluded that theoretical model can be used in determining the most important dynamic sizes that occur during the process of wagons impact. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.