Research Article
Investigation on Wheel-Rail Contact and Damage Behavior in a Flange Bearing Frog with Explicit Finite Element Method
Table 3
The wheel/rail contact information during the transition (15 km/h).
| | Component | Instant | Contact positions | Contact patch | Max pressure (MPa) | Max surface shear stress (MPa) | Max V-M stress (MPa) | | Longitude (mm) | Lateral (mm) | Area (mm2) |
| | Tread bearing part | S2 | Tread | 8.3 | 7.6 | 198.1 | 1531 | 606.5 | 608.2 | | S3 | Tread | 6.5 | 5.8 | 118.4 | 1213 | 572.8 | 521.5 | | S3 | Flange | 11.3 | 3.4 | 120.7 | 1843 | 687.7 | 1023.4 | | S4 | Flange | 12.1 | 4.2 | 159.7 | 2485 | 942.0 | 1397 |
| | Flange bearing part | S5 | Flange | 11.6 | 4.0 | 145.8 | 1958 | 903.9 | 876.7 | | S6 | Flange | 9.8 | 3.7 | 113.9 | 1542 | 689.4 | 823.0 | | S6 | Tread | 7.6 | 5.6 | 133.7 | 1547 | 718.1 | 864.2 | | S7 | Tread | 9.8 | 8 | 246.3 | 2014 | 818.5 | 1137 |
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