A dynamic simulation of the wheel–rail impact caused by a wheel flat using a 3-D rolling contact model

Abstract A three-dimensional (3-D) wheel-rail rolling contact model with a wheel flat was built using commercial software Hypermesh, and the dynamic finite element simulation was conducted using LS-DYNA 3D/explicit code. Influences of the train speed, flat length and axle load on the vertical wheel-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liangliang Han, Lin Jing, Kai Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Modern Transportation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40534-017-0131-0