Abstract
Tram transportation is an integral element in many densely populated countries in the world. In Australia, the flange tip lift crossing (FTLC) is utilized as a replacement for the traditional crossings used in heavy hauls. FTLC eliminates high impact force by allowing the flange of the wheel to travel on a filled groove ramp of the tram rails. However, the ramp experiences high amount of wear due to an increase in contact pressure. To understand the wear behaviour of the ramp, a wheelset-crossing model was used in an implicit dynamic simulation. With local sliding distance and local contact pressure from the simulation, wear was evaluated with a local contact-based wear model. Wear in the ramp was observed to be significantly higher than the wear in the rail head.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CM 2022 - 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, Conference Proceedings |
| Editors | Paul Meehan, Wenyi Yan, Peter Mutton, Jerome Pun |
| Publisher | International Conference on Contact Mechanics of Wheel / Rail Systems |
| Pages | 726-732 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780646865881 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Event | International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems 2022 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 4 Sept 2022 → 7 Sept 2022 Conference number: 12th https://www.cm2022.org (Website) |
Publication series
| Name | CM 2022 - 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, Conference Proceedings |
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Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems 2022 |
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| Abbreviated title | CM 2022 |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 4/09/22 → 7/09/22 |
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Keywords
- dynamic analysis
- finite element analysis
- flange tip lift crossing
- tram rail
- turnouts
- wear