Mechatronic radial guiding system of railway vehicle wheelsets

Abstract

In this paper existing active and passive radial guiding systems of railway vehicle wheelsets are presented. The new system described in this paper is based on non-direct measuring lateral forces in bogie elements. As a part of project development there where numerical calculations and experiments on a test stand carried out. As a main issue, there where investigated stress signals from extensometers mounted on guiding elements of wheelsets. In conclusions, there is made a comparison between values obtained from numerical and experimental tests.