Abstract
AbstractThis paper proposes a new way of considering wheel–rail contact in multibody systems simulation that goes beyond the traditional planar constraint and elastic approaches. In this approach, wheel–rail interaction is modelled as a force element with pressures and shear stresses distributed over a contact area that may be curved, supporting conformal contact situations. This by-passes the selection of the contact reference location and reference angle, which are delicate aspects of planar contact approaches.The idea is worked out introducing the curved reference surface as the new backbone for the computations, instead of the tangent plane used previously in planar contact approaches. The steps are described by which the curved reference is constructed in CONTACT, using generic facilities for markers, grids, and coordinate transformations, by which generic wheel/rail configurations can be analyzed in a fully automated way.Numerical results show the capabilities of the new method for measured, worn profiles, suppressing discontinuities in the forces when multiple contact patches split or merge. A further application concerns the evaluation of strategies used in planar contact approaches. There we find that the tangent plane’s inclination is of the biggest importance. This should be defined in an averaged way to achieve maximum correspondence to the more detailed curved contact approach.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Control and Optimization,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering,Modelling and Simulation
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