• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1058-1070
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• 2007

Internal and external railway management corporations are using the periodic replacement criteria of rail by accumulated passing tonnage and wear to maintain rails for servicing. However, internal the periodic replacement criteria of continuous welded rail(CWR) by accumulated passing tonnage is the one(50kg/m-5 million gross tonnage, 60kg/m-6 million gross tonnage) presented in Japan before. It was estimated with the fatigue life about 50kg N rail joints applied diesel train load but it wasn't applied to current conditions of track; elimination of rail joint, using the concrete slab track and operation of light train load and effect of welding, manufacturing technique, grinding of rail. Therefore, in this study, it was investigated the types of damage and cause in welded rails and examined standards and information resources. Also, this study presents preliminary data to revise the periodic replacement criteria of CWR by current accumulated passing tonnage in bending test of laid welded rail and a survey of track maintenance history of Seoul metro.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2012

Rolling contact fatigue of an urban railway wheel was analysed during its rolling. A FEM analysis was performed using a 3D modelling of rail and wheel, considering the slope of the rail and nonlinear isotropic and kinematic hardening behavior of the rail and the wheel. The maximum von-Mises stress and contact pressure between the rail and wheel were 656.9 MPa and 1111.4 MPa, respectively, under axial load of 85 kN with friction coefficient of 0. The fatigue initiation life prediction relationships by strain-lifetime (${\varepsilon}$-N) and Smith-Watson-Topper method were drawn for the wheel steel as follows: $N_i=7.35{\times}10^6{\times}SWT^{-3.56}$ and $N_i=5.41{\times}10^{-9}{\times}(\frac{{\Delta}{\varepsilon}}{2})^{-5.77}$. The fatigue lifetimes of the wheel due to rolling contact were determined to be infinite by ${\varepsilon}$-N and SWT methods.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.692-697
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• 2004

Damage often occurs on the surface of railway wheel by wheel-rail contact fatigue. It should be removed before reaching wheel failure, because wheel failure can cause derailment with loss of life and property. The increase or decrease of the contact fatigue life by the metal removal of the contact surface were shown by many researchers, but it has not explained precisely why fatigue life increases or decreases. In this study, the effect of metal removal depth on the contact fatigue life for railway wheel has been evaluated by applying finite element analysis. It has been revealed that the residual stress and the plastic flow are the main factors determining the fatigue life. Finally, the contact fatigue life according to metal removal has been estimated.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.39-45
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• 2008

부상레일은 자기부상열차의 운행을 위한 선로구축물의 궤도상부에 설치되어 있으며, 열차의 주행시 레일과 침목의 연결부는 반복적인 피로하중을 받게 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 자기부상열차의 주행시 부상레일이 부담하게 되는 피로하중 및 비상착지시 발생하는 충격하중에 대한 피로해석을 통하여 부상레일의 설계 건전성을 검증하고자 하였다. 하중 및 경계조건은 정상상태의 주행을 고려하여 설계하중인 23kN/m를 적용하였으며, 차량의 낙하 및 비상주행시를 고려하여 스키드 낙하하중인 24kN/m를 적용하여 레일과 침목의 체결방식에 따라 볼트체결과 용접체결의 경우에 대하여 해석을 수행하였다. 정적해석시 응력집중은 볼트체결 및 용접체결의 두 경우 모두 침목의 선단부분에서 발생하였으며, 최대응력은 231MPa로서 볼트체결방식의 경우에서 발생하였다. 피로수명은 응력-수명방법을 사용하여 예측하였으며, 평균응력의 영향을 고려하기 위하여 Goodman 관계식을 적용하고 Damage 계산에는 Miner법칙을 이용한 피로해석 결과는 주어진 해석조건에서 모두 요구하는 피로수명 이상의 피로수명을 나타내었으며, $10^8{\sim}10^9$ 싸이클을 무한수명으로 가정하면 볼트체결방식의 낙하하중상태($1.21{\times}10^6$)를 제외하고 모두 무한수명을 갖는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.714-719
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• 2004

Railway wheels and axles belong to the most critical components in railway vehicles. The service conditions of railway vehicles became more severe in recent years due to the increase of speed. Therefore, a more precise evaluation of wheel/set life and safety has been requested. One of the major reasons of railway wheel damage is a contact zone failure by wheel/rail contact. In this paper, we conducted a rolling contact fatigue test for wheels using a specimen of wheel/rail. the behavior of hardeness and residual stress below the contact surface of the test pieces in the fatigue process were analyzed. Finally, the relation between fatigue life and contact pressure was obtained.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2008

최근 연구결과 레일연마 및 장대레일화로 누적통과톤수에 의한 레일교체기준의 연장이 가능한 것으로 보고되었다. 본 연구에서는 현재 도시철도에서 사용 중인 대표 궤도구조에 대해 실운행 열차하중에 의한 궤도의 동적 응답을 분석하여 현 궤도의 상태평가를 하였으며 궤도의 상태 변화에 따른 레일의 부담력을 검토하였다. 또한, 측정된 응력파형을 Rainflow Count Method를 이용하여 응력히스토그램을 작성하고 등가응력을 상정하여 신규 레일 용접부의 S-N 선도에 적용함으로써 노후레일의 누적피로손상도 및 휨 피로수명을 산정하였다. 최종적으로 본 연구에서는 궤도구조 및 상태를 고려한 레일교체기준의 개정을 제안하고자 하였다.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2003

Rail breaks and derailments can cause a huge loss to rail players due to loss of service, revenue, property or even life. Maintenance has huge impact on reliability and safety of railroads. It is important to identify factors behind rail degradation and their risks associated with rail breaks and derailments. Development of mathematical models is essential for prediction and prevention of risks due to rail and wheel set damages, rail breaks and derailments. This paper addresses identification of hazard modes, estimation of probability of those hazards under operating, curve and environmental condition, probability of detection of potential hazards before happening and severity of those hazards for informed strategic decisions. Emphasis is put on optimal maintenance and operational decisions. Real life data is used for illustration.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1319-1327
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• 1994

레일강에 있어서 피로균열은 레일의 파괴와 그에 따른 열차탈선의 근본적인 요인으로서 실험실시험의 분석 결과에 의한 피로거동 및 파괴특성의 정량적 평가는 피로수명 추정 및 안전조사 주기설정의 기본이 된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 살피충격시험의 결과로부터 레일강의 샬피거동 및 파괴인성거동을 평가하고 일정진폭하중하에서 피로시험의 분석 결과로부터 피로균열성장거동에 미치는 균열의 방향성, 온도, 그리고 응력비 R의 효과를 파괴역학적 수법을 도입하여 평가하였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집(I)
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• pp.733-738
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• 2002

In this study, contact fatigue in wheel-rail contact is simulated. It is necessary to calculate contact stress and subsurface stresses accurately to predict fatigue behavior. Contact stresses are obtained by contact analysis of semi-infinite solid based on influence function and subsurface stress field obtained by using rectangular patch solutions. Based on these stress values, several multiaxial high-cycle fatigue criteria are used and the critical loads corresponding to fatigue limits are calculated. The simulation results show that the critical load is decreasing rapidly and the site of crack initiation also moves rapidly to the surface from the subsurface when friction coefficient exceeds a specific value for all of three fatigue criteria.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2005

Damage often occurs on the surface of railway wheel by wheel-rail contact fatigue. It should be removed before reaching wheel failure, because wheel failure can cause derailment with loss of life and property. The increase or decrease of the contact fatigue life by the metal removal of the contact surface were shown by many researchers, but it has not explained precisely why fatigue life increases or decreases. In this study, the effect of metal removal depth on the contact fatigue life for railway wheel has been evaluated by applying finite element analysis. It has been revealed that the residual stress and the plastic flow are the main factors determining the fatigue life. The railway wheel has the initial residual stress formed during the manufacturing process, and the residual stress is changed by thermal stress induced by braking. It has been found that the initial residual stress determines the amount of metal removal depth. Also, the effects of the initial residual stress and metal removal on the contact fatigue lift has been estimated, and an equation is proposed to decide the optimal metal removal depth for maximizing the contact fatigue life.