• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.246-251
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• 2003

A quantitative analysis on the amounts of cant and lateral displacement of gravitational center due to the introduction of high-speed tilting car was carried out, based on the current alignment of the conventional line. In addition, the maximum allowable speed in curve and the level of improvement in maximum speed of tilting car were evaluated through the comparison with the maximum speed of locomotive. It was found that the tilting car produces an equivalent amount of cant, which corresponds to 47.5 % of current actual cant. This effect could be explained by the fact that 1.34 m, which is the height of gravitational center of tilting car from the rail level, is much lower than that of locomotive and thus guarantees much higher level of safety in curve. The equivalent amount of cant due to the lateral displacement of gravitational center followed by tilting in curve was 2.4 mm. It was small but not enough to be neglected and must be included in calculating the maximum speed in curve. It could be concluded that the 15 % speed-up of the conventional line is reasonable under the current condition of alignment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.300-307
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• 2003

Using a conventional railway, a tilting train was applied as a means of improving vehicle speed curve negotiation without any modification of infrastructure. In order to achieve the optimal car-body position control through the tilting mechanism, a dynamics analysis was required after the kinematics analysis of the tilting mechanism. For this, the geometric relationship of the linkage-type tilting mechanism was defined. Then, the equations of motion for the half car-body were derived. With the derived equations, the effect of the parameter change on performance was analyzed. The analysis result can be used in the optimum design of a tilting mechanism that considers the track environment, vehicle and operational conditions in which the tilting vehicle is applied.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.510-517
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• 2005

In this paper a study on the characteristics and the reduction method for the ground vibration due to traveling tilting car are carried out. The transmitted load which induces the ground vibration is computed through a study on the interaction between tilting car and the line. Then, this load is applied into the numerical model, which is designed considering the diverse ground conditions and tunnels. Through the numerical analysis according to the conditons, the characteristics and the reduction method for the ground vibration by tilting car are studied.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.03a
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• pp.560-568
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• 2005

In this paper a study on the characteristics and the reduction method for the ground vibration due to traveling tilting car are carried out. The transmitted load which induces the ground vibration is computed through a study on the interaction between tilting car and the line. Then, this load is applied into the numerical model, which is designed considering the diverse ground conditions. Through the numerical analysis according to the conditons, the characteristics and the reduction method for the ground vibration by tilting car are studied.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.866-871
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• 2005

In this paper a study on the characteristics and the reduction method for the ground vibration due to traveling tilting car is carried out. The transmitted load which induces the ground vibration is computed through a study oil the interaction between tilting car and the line. Then, this lead is applied into the numerical model, which is not only designed considering the diverse ground conditions hut also verified by the ultrasonic experiment. Through the numerical analysis according to the conditions, the characteristics and the reduction method for the ground vibration by tilting car are studied.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.2 s.257
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• pp.166-173
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• 2007

Fatigue fracture behavior of a hybrid bolted joint was evaluated in comparison to the case of static fracture. Two kinds of specimens were fabricated for the mechanical tests; a hybrid bolted joint specimen for the shear test and a hybrid joint part specimen applied in the real tilting car body for the bending test. Characteristic fracture behaviors of those specimens under cyclic toads were obviously different from the case under static loads. For the hybrid bolted joint specimen, static shear loading caused the fracture of the bolt body itself in a pure shear mode, whereas cyclic shear loading brought about the fracture at the site of local tensile stress concentration. For the hybrid joint part specimen, static bend loading caused the shear deformation and fracture in the honeycomb core region, while cyclic bend loading did the delamination along the interface between composite skin and honeycomb core layers as well as the fracture of welded joint part. Experimental results obtained by static and fatigue tests were reflected in modifications of design parameters of the hybrid joint structure in the real tilting car body.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.738-743
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• 2004

In this paper, the crush characteristic of the tilting train express M-car was estimated under a head-on collision scenario. The car body was divided into three parts - front, middle, and rear. For each part, crush-force relation was evaluated numerically using LS-DYNA 3-diementional shell element analysis. This result will be used for one-dimensional collision analysis of the full train rake.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.317-329
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• 2002

This report was studied about system design of tilting car for speed up for conventional railroad of KNR. The maximum operating speed of Kyun-Pu line was recorded a 140km/h by saemaul train at 1985 and the average speed its is 107km/h now. The chungang line, janghang line and honam line of KNR had rebuilt to the electrified line for operation of tilting train. This report was described about the operation status of advanced countries, the operation situation of trains of KNR, system design for operation and speed up by EMU tilting train on the conventional railroad in the future.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.1227-1234
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• 2011

Korea is a mountainous country, with as much as 70% of the area is covered by hills and mountains. This geography places constraints on the minimum radius of curvature for the rail network. It was expected that the speed of trains could be enhanced on the existing railway network without a huge investment in infrastructure by using tilting trains. The development of tilting trains in Korea started in 2001 as research & development project. A 6-car prototype test tilting train, called the Tilting Train eXpress (TTX), was built in December 2006 and experimental trials began in 2007. TTX has distributed power, is designed to run at 200 km/h, and has a planned service speed of 180 km/h. In this paper, we first describe the performance of tilting train, and then present the estimated running times, and the time saving compared with today's conventional trains and non-tilting trains, based on the Jungang line. So the time saving could be separated into two effects by higher track top-speed and tilting devices.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.69-72
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• 2007

In this paper, we describe the analysis of interior noise for tilting train that is being developed in Korea. Tilting train is made of composite material to reduce the car body's weight and attached a self-steering system on bogie to improve curving performance. However, the acoustic performance (Transmission Loss) of such material is worse than the materials of conventional train, such as aluminum, steel and so on. Therefore, we measure the transmission loss of side wall / floor of tiling train and predict the interior noise for tilting train using its measuring results