Evaluation of Cyclic Stress Damage to the Mechanism of Rail Steels on the Curved Lines, Using the Soldworks Software.

EasyChair Preprint 10843

Abstract

Rail transport systems are very important for the future to reduce fuel consumption and provide sustainable solutions to reduce carbon emissions. They enable more mobility with better energy efficiency, and they produce long-term cost-effective benefits. However, it should be noted that the cyclic force between the wheel and the rail on the curve line always cause problems and difficulties during the operation of the rails.

Maintaining rail transport systems is a priority by following a preventive maintenance program. Planning a preventive maintenance intervention requires good fault diagnosis.

Our study consists in modeling the fatigue effect on a simultaneous inner and outer rail section by the finite element method using solidworks software according to our analysis results. The traces of fatigue appearing on the inner rail are less significant compared to the outer rail. Accurate prediction of rail profile fatigue evolution to improve safety and reduce preventive maintenance costs.

Keyphrases: Fatigue, Railway, SolidWorks, impact force, wheel-rail contact

@booklet{EasyChair:10843,
  author    = {Salim Belghit and Omar Allaoui and Sami Zidelmal},
  title     = {Evaluation of Cyclic Stress Damage to the Mechanism of Rail Steels on the Curved Lines, Using the Soldworks Software.},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10843},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}