Wind and Structures

Volume 29, Number 3, 2019, pages 149-161

DOI: 10.12989/was.2019.29.3.149

Dynamic response of railway vehicles under unsteady aerodynamic forces caused by local landforms

Zhengwei Chen , Tanghong Liu , Ming Li , Miao Yu , Zhaijun Lu , Dongrun Liu

Abstract

When a railway vehicle runs in crosswinds, the unsteady aerodynamic forces acting on the train induced by the vehicle speed, crosswind velocity and local landforms are a common problem. To investigate the dynamic performance of a railway vehicle due to the influence of unsteady aerodynamic forces caused by local landforms, a vehicle aerodynamic model and vehicle dynamic model were established. Then, a wind-loaded vehicle system model was presented and validated. Based on the wind-loaded vehicle system model, the dynamic response performance of the vehicle, including safety indexes and vibration characteristics, was examined in detail. Finally, the effects of the crosswind velocity and vehicle speed on the dynamic response performance of the vehicle system were analyzed and compared.

Key Words

railway vehicle; unsteady aerodynamic forces; dynamic performance; landforms

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