To ensure fatigue strength of metal structures in mechanical engineering, various approaches are practiced. One of them allows for the appearance of cyclic stresses in details with amplitudes exceeding the fatigue limit. Typically, this approach is justified where the loads are fairly regular and ample opportunities for fatigue testing exists, but the requirement of a minimum metal consumption is critically important as well. Another approach to ensuring fatigue strength does not allow the possibility of cyclic stresses with amplitudes exceeding its endurance limit in the designed structure. With regard to the supporting elements of locomotives and electric multiple units (EMU) to ensure the fatigue resistance characteristics in Russia and the CIS countries, the second of these approaches has been implemented and successfully practiced for many years. Its purpose is to ensure the absence of fatigue damage in the parts of the carriage and the body during the designated service life. Relevant requirements for strength and dynamic qualities for these types of rolling stock, as well as the method of conducting dynamic strength tests are currently formalized in the standards. The article presents the main provisions of the methodology currently used on the railways of the Russian Federation and CIS countries to control the strength requirements of load-bearing structures of locomotives and EMUs, as well as the admission of these types of rolling stock to operation. Types of dynamic strength tests are described, strength indicators are listed, methods for their determination are indicated. Today, this technique successfully solves the problem of the strength of load-bearing structures of traction rolling stock.
Rail fasteners loading and its influence on the track deformability under modern maintenance conditions with increased cars axle loads is observed. The difference between oneand two-point wheelrail contact loading scheme is shown. The authors present the analysis of domestic and foreign methods of pads bench tests and show the necessity of carrying out tests imitating real (two-point contact) loading of pads. The bench test method for researching fastener loading and pad strain characteristics in a wide range of vertical and lateral loads under two-point contact scheme based on a number of field tests is presented. The results of static tests and following dynamic ones with cycling loading, which were carried out on a two-sleepers bench, are observed. Bench tests carried out by VNIIZHT and the analysis of the cyclic test methods showed the importance of fasteners tests with a real loading simulation making it possible to explain the causes of track gauge widening and decrease of track inclination, which considerably influences track stability and wear of the track and rolling stock.
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