Research Article

Theoretical Studies on the Longitudinal Inhomogeneity of Track Stiffness and a Track Status Estimation Method

Table 1

Main parameters of the railway vehicles used in the simulation.

NotationParameterValue

McCar body mass (kg)46280
MtBogie mass (kg)3300
Wheelset mass (kg)1780
IcxMass moment of the inertia of the car body about the X-axis (kg m2)149970
IcyMass moment of the inertia of the car body about the Y-axis (kg m2)2267765
IczMass moment of the inertia of the car body about the Z-axis (kg m2)2139900
ItxMass moment of the inertia of the bogie about the X-axis (kg m2)2673
ItyMass moment of the inertia of the bogie about the Y-axis (kg m2)1807
ItzMass moment of the inertia of the bogie about the Z-axis (kg m2)3300
IwxMass moment of the inertia of the wheelset about the X-axis (kg m2)949
IwyMass moment of the inertia of the wheelset about the Y-axis (kg m2)118
IwzMass moment of the inertia of the wheelset about the Z-axis (kg m2)967
KpxStiffness coefficient of the primary suspension along the X-axis (MN/m)14.68
KpyStiffness coefficient of the primary suspension along the Y-axis (MN/m)6.47
KpzStiffness coefficient of the primary suspension along the Z-axis (MN/m)1.176.
KsxStiffness coefficient of the secondary suspension along the X-axis (MN/m)0.167
KsyStiffness coefficient of the secondary suspension along the Y-axis (MN/m)0.167
KszStiffness coefficient of the secondary suspension along the Z-axis (MN/m)0.323
CpzDamping coefficient of the primary suspension along the Z-axis (kN s/m)9.8
CsyDamping coefficient of the secondary suspension along the Y-axis (kN s/m)39.2
CszDamping coefficient of the secondary suspension along the Z-axis (kN s/m)9.8
LcSemilongitudinal distance between bogies (m)8.75
LtSemilongitudinal distance between wheelsets in a bogie (m)1.25
R0Wheel radius (m)0.43