FENG Yang, ZHOU Cheng, LIANG Haixiao, et al. A study on safety against derailment of twisted track based on EN 14363 standard. [J]. Electric drive for locomotives (6):74-79(2022)
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FENG Yang, ZHOU Cheng, LIANG Haixiao, et al. A study on safety against derailment of twisted track based on EN 14363 standard. [J]. Electric drive for locomotives (6):74-79(2022) DOI: 10.13890/j.issn.1000-128X.2022.06.011.
A study on safety against derailment of twisted track based on EN 14363 standard
it is inevitable that it will pass through the twisted track caused by factors such as track superelevation
twist warp
rail gaps
turnouts and geometric irregularity of track. When a vehicle passes through a twisted track on a minimum plane radius curve at low speed
the risk
of derailment increases. However
there is no standard method for assessment of safety against derailment on a twisted track in China at present. Therefore
in this paper
the method for assessment of safety against derailment on a twisted track stipulated in the EN 14363 standard was researched. A city vehicle was taken as an example
and the assessment was made based on three methods specified in the standard. For method 1
the wheel lift was required to be measured on a twisted track and a plane curve with
R
150 m
and the wheel lift of no more than 5 mm shall be regarded as the assessment limit. For method 2
the vertical wheel-rail force was required to be measured on the straight section of the twisted track
and the lateral wheel-rail force of the outer wheel to be measured at
R
150 m on a plane curve. The ratio
Y
/
Q
of the lateral wheel-rail force to the vertical wheel-rail force on the outer rail side of the curve shall be calculated according to the formula
and the value of
Y
/
Q
not exceeding 1.2 shall be regarded as the assessment limit. For method 3
the slewing resistance coefficient was required to be measured on the test bench and the rate of wheel load reduction to be measured on the twisted track. The slewing resistance coefficient not exceeding 0.1 and the rate of wheel load reduction not exceeding 0.6 shall be regarded as the assessment limit. The results show that compared with method 1 and method 2
method 3 results in the worst track twist
and the maximum vertical displacement of the wheel during the track twist is 80.1 mm. For a vehicle
the wheel load reduction increases when the vehicle passes through the twisted track due to the fact that the vertical stiffness of the secondary system increases nearly 10 times in the deflated condition of the air spring. The deflated condition of the air spring results in a lower ability to adapt to the twisted track compared with the inflated condition
and the maximum limit ratio is 98%. For the convenience of simulation and test comparison
it is recommended that when assessing the safety against derailment on the twisted track according to EN 14363
method 2 should be used. That is
the vertical wheel-rail force shall be measured on the straight section while the lateral wheel-rail force measured at
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