Movement stability of vehicles with a rigid and free wheels mounting on wheelset axles

Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics named by N. Poljakov of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 49005, Dnipro, Simferopolska Str., 2a, Ukraine

^* Corresponding author: igtm.rail.trans@gmail.com

Abstract

The article considers the actual task of improving mobile units of underground rail transport, taking into account the peculiarities of work in straight and curvilinear sections of the path of especially small curvature radius of 8–50 m, with reference to the rail track width of 600; 750 and 900 mm. The purpose of the work is to improve operational performance of rail transport of mining enterprises and improve safety of railway movements. Methods for the study of interaction processes of mobile vehicles and the rail track are presented. The study results of loading, oscillations and movement stability of vehicles with the free and rigid mounting of wheels on the axles of wheelsets are given. The resonance phenomenon due to the proximity of frequencies of forced and natural oscillations of mobile units of underground rail transport has been established. The obtained results can be applied to the development of normative documents regulating tolerances for the maintenance of rail track in the plan, profile and for the broadening of the track, taking into account the vertical, horizontal and longitudinal irregularities of the rail threads. The study results can be used to improve the design of mobile vehicles and rail track.