Numerical and Theoretical Investigation of Wheel-Rail Contact
| Author(s) | : | Ramazan ÖZMEN |
| Institution | : | Department of Mechanical Engineering, KarabükUniversity, Karabük, Turkey |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 11 — November 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 1204-1209 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The aim of this study is to analyze the dynamic interaction between wheel and rail by finite element method(FEM). The contact parameters through the movement of a wagon wheel on the 60 E1 rail profile is investigated by thedynamic analysis based FEM. The wheel and rail profile are assumed as unworn members. The contacting bodies mustbe elastic according to Hertz contact theory (HCT). Thus, the material properties of the wheel and rail are defined aselastic for comparing results of finite element analysis with HCT. It was concluded from FEM results that a certain meshsize is sufficient in order to find the contact force, but the mesh size must be reduced to obtain the contact area dependingon the Hertz contact theory.
Ramazan ÖZMEN, “Numerical and Theoretical Investigation of Wheel-Rail Contact”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 11, pp. 1204-1209, November 2017.
