• International Journal of Railway
• /
• 제2권2호
• /
• pp.43-49
• /
• 2009

Wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) defects are most important causes of rail damage, and often interaction competitive at present railway track. Head check is one of rolling contact fatigue (RCF) defects, and generally occurs in mild circular curves and transition curves that are set at both ends of sharp circular curves. Wear tends to limit the crack growth of head checks by removing the material from the RCF surface. In order to clarify the conditions of the occurrence and growth of head checks, the authors measured the interacting forces between wheels and rails and the angle of attack of wheelset, and carried out contact analyses using the actual profile data of wheels and rails. The effects of the lateral force, the contact geometry, and the wear rate at rail gauge comer on the formation of head checks were also analyzed by using the worn profiles of actual wheels and rails and the data obtained by a track inspection car. Some specific range of wear rate at the gauge comer was identified as having close relation with occurrence of head checks.

• 한국철도학회논문집
• /
• 제19권5호
• /
• pp.565-575
• /
• 2016

철도차량 영업 운행 중 빈번히 발생하는 차륜 마모, 손상 등의 결함을 제거하기 위하여 실시되는 차륜 전삭 공정과 관련하여 전삭 전후의 차량 동적성능을 분석하였다. 전동차를 대상으로 차륜 전삭 전후의 차륜답면형상을 계측, 분석하였으며 진동 및 승차감 특성을 분석하고자 차량 주행시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과, 차륜 전삭 후 차량 진동 RMS값은 전삭 전에 비하여 저감되었으며 철도차량 기술기준에 의거 분석한 차체 진동성능은 전삭 전에 비하여 개선되었다. 승차감레벨은 전삭 전에 비하여 전삭 후 좌우, 상하방향 모두 최대 약 3dB의 개선 효과를 보였으며 주행안전성 또한 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
• /
• 제29권6호
• /
• pp.397-402
• /
• 2013

This study examined the tribological characteristics of the drive shaft and axle system in vehicles. The first drive shaft example contained end play for a CV joint that transferred part of the transmission power to the wheel. The joint part of the drive shaft was deformed because of reduced durability due to wear. Thus, vibrations caused the body to shake and become unbalanced when the drive shaft transferred the power. The second example was the cross-section of a shaft that connected the slip-connection of the propeller shaft on the input side to the yoke flange of the output side; the durability was reduced because of corrosion. End play caused by wear between the bearing and cross-section shaft appeared to cause shaking. In the third example, a grease leak reduced lubrication and thus caused damage to the hub bearing and inside the knuckle. The failure was produced by sticking. The fourth example had noise produced by the gear and gear transfer. This was due to the backlash of the pinion and few ring gears for the differential gear. Therefore, drive shaft and axle systems must be thoroughly checked and managed to minimize and reduce failure phenomena.