Journal of the Korean Society for Railway (한국철도학회논문집)

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Comparison and Evaluation of Load Test Methods for Aluminum Car Body

알루미늄 차체 하중 시험 방법에 관한 비교 평가

  • Published : 2004.03.01
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Abstract

Aluminum carbody for rolling stocks is light and perfectly recycled, but includes severe defects which are very dangerous to fatigue strength. Static load test has been performed up to date to assess structural safety of the carbody. However, static load test is not sufficient to evaluate fatigue strength of the carbody, because fatigue failure is caused by dynamic load. In this study, the established load test methods for carbody are described and the characteristics of the methods are discussed. Also, a testing method to simulate dynamic loading condition is proposed for evaluation of fatigue strength of the carbody. The results by the proposed testing method are compared with the results by the static load test and new findings are discussed.

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