Rail corrugation is a phenomenon that leads to a waving in the rails with wavelengths typically between 3 cm and 100 cm and amplitude levels of several microns. The genesis of this waving is complex. Rail corrugation is a recognized problem that leads to excess vibration on the rails and vehicles to a point of reducing their life span and compromising safety. In urban areas excess vibration noi...

The evaluation and control of the trains induced vibrations needs even more attention in the case of underground tracks which passes near to monuments and historical sites. The rail corrugations which occur due to the wheels’ impulse loads during the operation period of underground railway tracks, usually amplify the ground borne noise and vibration. In the current study, the mentioned phenomen...

the evaluation and control of the trains induced vibrations needs even more attention in the case of underground tracks which passes near to monuments and historical sites. the rail corrugations which occur due to the wheels’ impulse loads during the operation period of underground railway tracks, usually amplify the ground borne noise and vibration. in the current study, the mentioned phenomen...

Wear-type rail corrugation is a significant problem in the railway transport industry. Some recent work has suggested that speed control can be used as an effective tool to minimize the rate of corrugation growth. This has brought about the need to model corrugation growth under variable passing speed. Variable speed rail corrugation growth modelling normally consists of either numerical simula...

Inspection of the rail state in order to detect defects is one of the basic tasks in railway maintenance. Rail defects exhibit different properties and are divided in various categories relating to the type and position of flaws on the rail. In this paper, we propose a technique, based on texture analysis of rail surface, to detect and classify a particular class of defects: corrugation.

This paper presents an experimental study on the development mechanism of short pitch corrugation using innovative downscale V-Track test rig. Rail is reproduced in with two wavelengths 6.4 mm and 8.9 mm. Based measured wheel-rail contact forces, track dynamic behaviors, observations, consistent mechanisms are identified. It found longitudinal mode at 574 Hz induced force dominant for formation...

Rail corrugation is usually generated in modern railway transportations, such as high-speed railway, urban and heavy-haul railway. It one of the major excitations to wheel–rail dynamic interaction, which will cause extra vibration noise, failures, or even risk derailment vehicle its components. A dynamics model a locomotive considering traction power from electric motor wheelset through gear tr...

Lubrication on sharp curves has been commonly adopted as a method of reducing friction between the wheel flange and rail gauge face to minimize wear and energy consumption. Additionally, lubrication between the running surface of the low-rail and the wheel tread has recently been recognized as a significant factor in reducing the likelihood of low-rail corrugation, squealing noise and rail gaug...

Rail corrugation is a common railway defect that involves diverse and complex factors. grinding also the most commonly used method to address corrugations. Through numerous irregularity tests one-third octave frequency spectrum analyses, this study determined characteristics development process for rail on high-speed tracks. The vibration transmission properties of train were tested using force...