Determination of the Harmonic Response of a Railway Wheelset using the Finite Element Analysis Method

摘要

In this paper, the harmonic response of the railway vehicle wheelset is investigated by using the finite element analysis method. The study relies on the vibrations of a Minden Deutz bogie of a passenger coach, having brake shoes and currently in operation on Romanian railway network. It is well known that by analysing the frequency response it can be identified how the parameters of the wheel-rail system is influencing the level of vibrations and the amount of rolling noise generated. Nonetheless, the approach of determining the harmonic response using the finite element analysis method is the only approach to studying the behaviour of the wheelset at frequencies greater than 1500 Hz.