Conference proceeding
Experimental Validation of Wear Prediction Capability for Railroad Wheels With On-Track Vehicle Test Data
Volume 6: 19th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems (MNS); 21st International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC); 37th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Sound (VIB); 38th Fluid Power and Motion Control Symposium (FPMC)
ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, California, USA, Aug. 17 - 20, 2025
08/17/2025
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2025-166546
Abstract
Abstract
In this study, wear prediction capability for railroad wheels is validated against on-track test data, and the wear rate identification procedure based on the vehicle test and simulation data is presented. To this end, vehicle tests are conducted on a test track, where a freight train runs on the loop track, alternating traveling direction every other day to equalize wear on the wheels. The wear rate is identified using material losses of the measured wheel profiles and the wheel-rail contact information obtained from the simulation model for each curve. The averaged wear rate is determined for use in the wear prediction with the full-scale vehicle model. The worn wheel profiles predicted by the proposed wear simulation capability agree well with the test data, justifying the numerical procedure for practical use in vehicle maintenance and profile optimization.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Experimental Validation of Wear Prediction Capability for Railroad Wheels With On-Track Vehicle Test Data
- Creators
- Hiroki Yamashita - University of IowaHiroyuki Sugiyama - University of IowaYosuke Yamazaki - Nippon SteelTakanori Kato - Nippon SteelTakahiro Fujimoto - Nippon SteelOsamu Kondo - Nippon Steel
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Volume 6: 19th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems (MNS); 21st International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (MSNDC); 37th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Sound (VIB); 38th Fluid Power and Motion Control Symposium (FPMC)
- Conference
- ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, California, USA, Aug. 17 - 20, 2025
- DOI
- 10.1115/DETC2025-166546
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/17/2025
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9985019037502771
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