• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.342-348
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• 2014

Contact between wheel and rail leads to the creep phenomenon. Linear creep theory, assuming linear increase in the creep force vs creep, results in a critical speed at which the vibration of a railway vehicle goes to infinity. However, the actual creep force converges to a limited value, so that the vibration of a railway vehicle cannot increase indefinitely. In this study, the dynamics of a railway vehicle is investigated with a 6 DOF bogie model includingthe nonlinear creep curves of Vermeulen, Polach, and a newly calculated creep curve with strip theory. Strip theory considers the profiles of the wheel and rail. The results show that the vibration of a railway vehicle results in a limit-cycle over a specific running speed, and this limit-cycle becomes smaller as the slope of the creep-curve steepens. Moreover, a hunting phenomenon is caused due to flange contact, which restricts the magnitude of the limit-cycle.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.117-123
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• 2000

열차와 교량의 3차원 모델링을 사용한 고속철도 교량의 동적해석이 수행되었다. 철도교의 모델인은 판요소와 3차원 뼈대요소로 모델링되었다. 상판과 주형 사이의 offset은 기하학적인 구속조건을 사용하여 고려하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 고속철도는 2량의 동력차와 2량의 모터차와 16량의 객차로 구성되어 있다. 관절형 대차로 연결되어 전체 열차계의 운동방정식은 Lagrange 방정식을 이용하여 유도되었으며, 차제와 대차 그리고 자축의 3차원인 운동을 고려하였다. 이동 열차에 의한 교량의 응답은 predictor-corrector 반복법에 의한 Newmark-$\beta$ 법에 의해서 그 해가 구해진다. 매개변수해석에 의해서 열차의 이상화방법, 열차의 제동, 철도교량의 주행면 조도에 의한 영향이 고찰되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.709-716
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• 2007

An active steering bogie has been theoretically proved to improve both stability and steering performance remarkably. However, It has not been commercialized yet even though many researchers have been trying to develop it because some technical difficulties still exist such as information acquisition fer active control, increasing mechanical components, high energy consumption, fail-safe problem and so on. To solve those problems, an advanced active steering mechanism is proposed in this paper. With this mechanism, required control force is small enough to use direct drives. Therefore, the number of additional mechanical components can be minimized since mechanical transducers like gears are not necessary. Fail-safe function can be also inserted easily. In this paper, concept design of the proposed active steering bogie is introduced and the possibility is verified through computer simulation using linear dynamic model.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.110-116
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• 2013

Track irregularities is one of the key factors influencing the running behavior of trains. In order to ensure safety and ride comfort of train, the criteria for track irregularities should be adequately established regarding vehicle velocity, vehicle characteristics, characteristics of the track recording car, and measurement interval. Also, track maintenance should be carried out thoroughly according to the criteria for managing track irregularities. Numerical analysis was conducted to investigate the influence of track alignment on the running behavior of Korean high speed train(KTX). Various wavelengths and amplitudes of lateral alignment were considered as parameters for this study using the Vampire program, a vehicle dynamics modeling package in railway environment. Derailment, lateral load, bogie acceleration and body acceleration of numerical analysis results due to alignment were investigated. Finally, the influence of the alignment on safety and ride comfort for the KTX was evaluated. This study indicates that alignment irregularities have significant impacts on running safety, and that the criteria used to manage alignment irregularities should be restrictive to ensure the running safety of the KTX.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.133-138
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• 2004

Domestic freight car holding amount is possessing much amount than other vehicle model about 14,000. Problem is happening in bogie device of cast steel structure because is structure that there are many wear departments. Therefore, the KNR is restricting running speed of empty car by 70km/h low. In this research, presented speed elevation way as dynamic characteristic analysis result that use ADAMS and confirm running safety by main line test.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.19-27
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• 2014

Urban railway vehicles operate in downtown areas. Due to increases in the number of passengers and changes in the service plans, railway vehicles are expected to operate on sharp curved tracks. However, on these tracks, the running stability of the railway vehicles is significantly decreased and the creepage is increased. Creepage causes the wheel/rail to wear and vibration. Therefore, reducing the creepage helps ensure the running stability and can be beneficial for the environment and cost. In this paper, the longitudinal creepage is analyzed using a railway vehicle model on a sharp curved track. Furthermore, in order to minimize the problems when a railway vehicle runs on a sharp curved track, the characteristics of a bogie are optimized using response optimization.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.179-186
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• 2001

As the freight traffic becomes heavier, the high speed of existing freight cars is essential instead of the construction of a new railway. The high speed can be achieved by the design modifications of the freight bogie. In this paper, an analytical model of freight bogie including the lateral force between rail and the flange of wheel is developed to decide the critical speed, which activates a hunting motion and tells the running safety of freight bogie. The dynamic responses of the analytical model were compared with an experimental data from a running test of a freight bogie and showed good agreements between them. The analytical model is used to find the design modifications of the freight bogie by parameter studies. The results show that the reduction of wheelset mass ratio and the increase of the axle distance of the freight bogie can increase the critical speed, but the primary lateral stiffness has little effects on the critical speed. And this also study shows that smaller wheel conicity deteriorates the running safety of the freight car, which means the overhauling of the wheel of freight bogie should be done regularly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.218-221
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• 2004

This Research is to test the running stability of the developed bogie with 350km/h of which conventional speed is faster than Korea TGV 300Km/h. The running stability test has been executed in status of a car with the developed bogie on the roller rigger to adjust similar to the actual condition. And the test has been done in the two rail conditions, i.e. excitation and non-excitation, respectively. Running speed of bogie increased by the roller step by step. In consequence, the developed bogie in the non-excitation has run without any unstable point for 400kn0h. Vibration characteristics of carbody also was within the value specified on the UIC 518.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.1119-1120
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• 2006

고속철도 운행 및 급증하는 철도교통 수요에 대처하기 위해 기존선 속도향상이 요구됨에 따라 180km/h급 틸팅차량을 개발 중에 있다. 일반적으로 곡선부에서 승객들의 승차감을 위해 열차의 통과속도를 제한하지만 틸팅차량은 대차에 틸팅장치를 장착하여 차량의 곡선 통과속도를 향상시킬 수 있다. 곡선부에서 증가된 속도로 이 열차를 주행할 수 있도록 허용할 뿐만 아니라, 운전자의 실수, 고속주행으로 인한 탈선을 예방하기 위해 연속적으로 열차속도를 감시하는 것이 필요하다. 게다가, 기존선의 어떤 구간에서는 엄격한 틸팅의 승인이 있어야 하는 구간이 존재할지도 모른다. 틸팅열차가 열차간 충돌, 터널, 다리, 반대편의 열차와 충돌을 피해만 한다. 이러한 문제점의 해결은 TASS장치의 개발과 설치로 해결될 수 있다. 본 논문은 EMU 타입 틸팅열차에 적합한 TASS 장치의 적용방안을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2002.10b
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• pp.839-844
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• 2002

This research aims to test the running stability of the developed bogie with maximum operating speed of 350km/h, which of Korea TGV was 300km/h. The running stability test has been executed in status of a dummy car with one developed bogie and one dummy bogie on the roller rig to embody similar operation condition. The test has been done in the two rail conditions, i.e. excitation and non-excitation, respectively. Running speed has been increased by the roller step by step. In consequence, the developed bogie was proven to be able to run upto 400 Km/h without any unstable point in the non-excitation. Vibration characteristics of carbody also was within the value specified on the UIC 515.