• CN: 11-2187/TH
  • ISSN: 0577-6686

›› 2005, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 121-126.

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ANALYSIS OF WHEEL/RAIL TWO-POINT CONTACT BY USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

Liu Yingxi;Zhang Jun   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University
  • Published:2005-11-15

Abstract: Based on the analysis of one–point contact of wheel and rail, the computational model for two-point contact resulting from cone-tread wheel flange close to rail is established. The prob-lems between wheel and rail are analyzed by using the finite element parametric quadratic programming. The results of the changing laws of wheel/rail contact states and force, which are obtained from computation of two-point contact problems be-tween wheel and rail carried out under various loads, would be helpful for finding methods for reducing wear of the wheel flange and side rail.

Key words: Finite element method, Parametric quadratic programming, Two-point contact, Wheel/rail contact force

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