Probability of rail break caused by out-of-round wheel loads
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| Title: | Probability of rail break caused by out-of-round wheel loads |
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| Authors: | Nielsen, Jens, 1963, Ekberg, Anders, 1967 |
| Source: | Driving research and innovation to push Europe's rail system forward (IN2TRACK3) In2Track-2 (CHARMEC EU19) Engineering Structures. 294 |
| Subject Terms: | Subset simulation algorithm, Poly -harmonic spline, Wheel -rail impact, Dynamic vehicle -track interaction, Linear elastic fracture mechanics, Out -of -round wheel, Rail break probability |
| Description: | A simulation procedure to predict the probability of rail break due to a measured wheel load spectrum is presented. The load distribution includes a representative proportion of high-magnitude dynamic loads generated by out-of-round wheels. Linear elastic fracture mechanics is applied to determine the stress intensities of preexisting rail head cracks in a continuously welded rail subjected to combined bending and temperature loading. Rail bending moments are evaluated using a validated time-domain model of dynamic vehicle-track interaction. The considered multi-dimensional stochastic parameter space includes field test data of dynamic loads from a wheel impact load detector and crack depths from eddy current data. Meta-models based on polyharmonic splines are applied to reduce the computational cost of the analysis. Supported by the extensive field test data, the simulation procedure is demonstrated by investigating the influences of freight traffic type, track support stiffness and rail temperature on the probability of a rail break initiated at a pre-existing rail head crack. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://research.chalmers.se/publication/537487 https://research.chalmers.se/publication/537487/file/537487_Fulltext.pdf |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | A simulation procedure to predict the probability of rail break due to a measured wheel load spectrum is presented. The load distribution includes a representative proportion of high-magnitude dynamic loads generated by out-of-round wheels. Linear elastic fracture mechanics is applied to determine the stress intensities of preexisting rail head cracks in a continuously welded rail subjected to combined bending and temperature loading. Rail bending moments are evaluated using a validated time-domain model of dynamic vehicle-track interaction. The considered multi-dimensional stochastic parameter space includes field test data of dynamic loads from a wheel impact load detector and crack depths from eddy current data. Meta-models based on polyharmonic splines are applied to reduce the computational cost of the analysis. Supported by the extensive field test data, the simulation procedure is demonstrated by investigating the influences of freight traffic type, track support stiffness and rail temperature on the probability of a rail break initiated at a pre-existing rail head crack. |
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| ISSN: | 18737323 01410296 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116717 |