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Study on Design of Railway Hollow Axle

철도차량용 중공차축 설계에 관한 연구

  • Son, Seungwan (Department of Virtual Engineering, University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jung, Hyunsung (Department of Virtual Engineering, University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Choi, Sungkyou (Industry and University Cooperation Foundation, Korea National University of Transportation)
  • 손승완 (과학기술연합대학원대학교 가상공학) ;
  • 정현승 (과학기술연합대학원대학교 가상공학) ;
  • 최성규 (한국교통대학교 산학협력단)
  • Received : 2013.07.05
  • Accepted : 2014.01.21
  • Published : 2014.05.01
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Abstract

The hollow design of a railway axle is one of the most effective methods to reduce the weight of an axle. However, the conventional hollow axle has the limitation of a lightweight design because it has the same bore diameter along the axial position. The new type of railway axle, the tapered inner surface railway axle, has a different inner diameter between the journal bearing seat and wheel seat. This design method is one way to increase the weight reduction possibility. The purpose of the present study is to establish and evaluate the design of the tapered inner surface railway axle. The case study and Finite Element Method(FEM) are applied to evaluate the strength of the lightweight railway axle according to the European Norm(EN 13103). Finally, the best design case for reducing the weight of the axle is drawn from the results of the case study.

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