Effect of Wheelset Steering Stiffness Difference on the Dynamics Performance of a High-speed Railway Vehicle

Abstract

Abstract In order to study the influence of steering difference of wheelsets among one bogie on the dynamics performance of vehicle, a highly nonlinear dynamics model of the high-speed railway vehicle multi-body system is built. In numerical simulations, the combined condition of taking the upper and lower limits of the steering stiffness of wheelset is investigated, respectively. It shows that the effect of wheelset steering stiffness on the dynamic performance is not significant. Its influence on the lateral vibration of bogie frame, hunting stability of vehicle, operation safety when negotiating curved tracks and wheel wear is generally within 5%. Its influence on the maximum lateral and vertical acceleration of carbody is generally within 10% and the influence range of specific cases is within 20%. For all the numerical cases, the vehicle dynamics indexes all meet the required limit.