• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.130-137
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• 2018

In long freight trains, there is a brake time delay in the neighboring freight cars that causes damage and fractures of couplers, especially the knuckle of them. If there is a problem for couplers in the cars, this could cause a derailment and lead to damage of human life and property damage. In this study, maximum forces on the couplers are studied when a long freight car brakes, with brake delay time and coupler gap. We have made a dynamic model of 50 freight cars and couplers, applying contact between couplers and a characteristic curve for expressing force and displacement of buffers with SIMPACK, a multi-body dynamics program. We use EN 14531-2 from the British Standards Institution, a standard of freight car brakes for the verification of the dynamic model. We also use a simplified method to analyze the dynamic model of 50 freight cars. With changing coupler gap and brake delay time, we do comparative analysis with AAR M-201 from the Association of American Railroads, a standard of AAR couplers. From this result, we find that the standard on fatigue limit is satisfied, such that the brake delay time is within 0.06 second if the coupler gap of the AAR coupler is within 20 millimeters.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2019

In long freight trains, there is a brake time delay in neighboring freight cars, which causes damage and fractures in the couplers, especially at their knuckle. A problem in the couplers of the cars can cause derailment and damages of human life and property. In this study, maximum forces on the couplers are studied when a long freight car brakes with the brake delay time and coupler gap. We make a dynamic model of 50 freight cars and couplers, applying contact between the couplers and a characteristic curve to express the force and displacement of the buffers using SIMPACK, which is a multi-body dynamics program. We use EN 14531-2, which is a standard of freight car brakes, to verify the dynamic model. Then, we compare the analyzed impact force with the coupler knuckle standard after applying the two carriages of a locomotive in the model based on the dispersed double head control system. The result shows that all coupler gap conditions satisfy the infinite lifetime of the material when the brake delay time is 0.1 second.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.138-143
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• 2013

최근 철도수송 물동량은 점진적으로 줄어드는 추세이며, 특히 무개차의 수송량이 크게 줄어드는 경향을 보이고 있다. 무개차는 덮개가 없는 화차로서 용도에 따라서 일반 무개차, 호퍼차, 자갈차로 분류할 수 있으며, 이 중에서 일반 무개차를 가장 많이 보유하고 있다. 일반 무개차는 2001년 전체 화차수송횟수의 약 23.3%를 차지했지만 2010년에는 14.5%로 그 역할이 많이 축소되었다. 최근에는 일반 무개차를 컨테이너 수송 용도로도 활용하고 있으며, 벌크화물을 컨테이너차로 수송할 수 있는 다양한 용기가 개발되고 있어 장기적으로 일반 무개차의 수요는 줄어들 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 일반 무개차는 여전히 철도수송에서 벌크시멘트차, 컨테이너차 다음으로 중요한 역할을 수행하고 있으며, 장기적인 관점에서의 수요 감소에 대비한 운용 방안의 수립이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 일반 무개차의 효율성을 분석하고 향후 일반 무개차의 운용 방안 수립을 위한 방향을 제시하였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.280-285
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• 2003

The process of railway traffic planning is composed of several steps such as long-term, mid-term. short-term, and real-time plan. The planning of vehicle and manpower resources is a main research topic in tactical short-term planning step. Railway vehicle is usually consisted of a power car, passenger/freight cars and human resource is composed of engine driver, cabin crew, ground personnel. So far, power car was main research target in railway vehicle scheduling problem. Recently according as the light electric railway or high-speed railway is introduced, the operational planning of trainset vehicles become important, In this paper, we introduce the conceptional model for trainset restoring problem and developed heuristic algorithm.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.53-61
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• 2003

The process of railway traffic planning is composed of several steps such as long - term, mid - term, short - term, and real - time plan. The planning of vehicle and manpower resources is a main research topic in tactical short - term planning step Railway vehicle is usually consisted of a power car, passenger/freight cars and human resource is composed of engine driver, cabin crew, ground personnel. So far , power car was main research target in railway vehicle scheduling problem. Recently according as the light electric railway or high - speed railway is introduced, the operational planning of train set vehicles become important . In this paper , we introduce the conceptional model for trainset restoring problem and developed heuristic algorithm.