Current collection quality is one of the limiting factors when increasing trains movement speed in the rail sector. With the movement speed growth, the impact forces on the current collector from the rolling stock and the aerodynamic influence increase, which leads to the spread in the contact pressure values, separation of the current collector head from the contact wire, contact arcing and excessive wear of the contact elements. The upcoming trend in resolving this issue is the use of the automatic control systems providing stabilization of the contact pressure value. The present paper considers the features of the contemporary automatic control systems of the current collector’s pressure; their major disadvantages have been stated. A scheme of current collector pressure automatic control has been proposed, distinguished by a proactive influence on undesirable effects. A mathematical model of contact strips wearing has been presented, obtained in accordance with the provisions of the central composition rotatable design program. The analysis of the obtained dependencies has been carried out. The procedures for determining the optimal current collector pressure on the contact wire and the pressure control principle in the pneumatic drive have been described.
An autonomous diagnostic measuring device, that allows to reduce expenses for the maintenance and the need for highly qualified personnel, is proposed in the article. The described algorithm of the work of the measuring system allows setting pre-failure conditions of an overhead contact line during exploitations of the software complex. The Installation scheme of the measuring complex on an overhead contact line equipment and the functional scheme of the software and hardware complex are described. The experimental dependence of the vibration frequency on the contact wire tension is defined for various overhead contact line spans. The limits of the variation of the vibration frequency for various combinations of overhead contact line parameters are defined.
The article tells about the problem of the railway infrastructure objects reliable, safe, and effective operation on an example of the overhead contact line operation mode rational selection. The overhead contact line operation mode modelling results are described. The model is considering exploitation and climatic conditions and is based on the clusterization, classification, and neuronal network modelling methods for predictive analysis of a large amount of data.
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