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  HomeContents of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2008 No.3Finite Element Analysis of Wheel/Rail Frictional Temperature during Wheel Complete Slides on Rail

Finite Element Analysis of Wheel/Rail Frictional Temperature
during Wheel Complete Slides on Rail

 

WU Lei  WEN Zefeng  JIN Xuesong

(Traction Power State Key Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031)

 

Abstract: Based on the finite element method (FEM) and non-steady heat transfer equation, a three-dimensional (3D) numerical model is put forward to analyze the frictional temperature of wheel/rail under the wheel complete slides on the rail. The effect of the slide speed and the wheel load and the friction confection on the temperature field near the contact patch of wheel and rail is investigated. The heat-convection between the wheel/rail with the ambient, and heat transfer between the wheel and rail through the contact surfaces, are taken into account. The numerical result indicates that the wheel load, slide speed and friction coefficient have visible influence on the wheel/rail surface temperature field, their thermally affected zone(TAZ). Wheel load has a significant effect on the amplitude of the maximum surface temperature and the size of TAZ. The faster the wheel sliding speed is, the shallower TAZ in the vertical direction, the wider TAZ in the lateral direction become. The larger coefficient of friction is, the larger TAZ becomes.

Key words: Wheel/rail contact  Frictional temperature rising  Finite element method  Heat transfer

CLC No: TH117.2

国家重点基础研究发展计划 (973计划, 2007CB714702)、国家自然科学基金(50521503)和西南交通大学基础科学研究基金(2006B04) 资助项目. Received 20070821, received in revised form 20071114

 
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