Dynamic Modelling and Application of Locomotive Rubbers
Dynamic characteristics of rubber rely on amplitudes and frequencies of external excitation.In order to reflect the real physical properties of the rubbers in railway vehicles and balance the precision and calculation time of the dynamic simulation,a dynamic rubber model is established based on the elastic-plastic theory.The friction forces and viscous forces are used to represent the amplitude-dependence and frequency-dependence of the rubber respectively.The equivalence stiffness and damper of the rubber element are calculated and analyzed under the harmonic excitation.By combining the rubber model and the vehicle-track coupled model,dynamic characteristics of the primary rubber joint are studied in curve negotiation.The results show that equivalence stiffness provided by the friction forces decreases with the increase of the excitation amplitudes,while the damper increases with the increase of the excitation amplitudes.The equivalence stiffness and damper provided by the viscous forcesl both increase with the increase of the excitation frequencies,and in the different phases of curve negotiation,the rubber reflects different dynamic properties.
locomotiverubber elementmodelling of dynamic characteristicscurve negotiationvehicle-track coupled dynamic