The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution patterns of displacement and acceleration fields in a nonlinear soil ground based on the interaction of high-speed train, wheel, rail, and ground. For this purpose, a high-speed train in motion was modeled as the actual wheel, and the vertical contact of wheel and rail and the lateral contact, caused by meandering motion, were simulated; this simulation was based on the moving mass analysis. The soil ground part was given the nonlinear behavior of the upper ground part by using the modified the Drucker– Prager model, and the changes in displacement and acceleration were compared with the behavior of the elastic and inelastic grounds. Using this analysis, the displacement and acceleration ranges close to the actual ground behavior were addressed. Additionally, the von-Mises stress and equivalent plastic strain at the ground were examined. Further, the equivalent plastic and total volumetric strains at each failure surface were examined. The variation in stresses, such as vertical stress, transverse pressure, and longitudinal restraint pressure of wheel-rail contact, with the time history was investigated using moving mass. In the case of nonlinear ground model, the displacement difference obtained based on the train travel is not large when compared to that of the elastic ground model, while the acceleration is caused to generate a large decrease.

With the recent remarkable improvements in the average speeds of contemporary trains, a necessity has arisen for the development of new friction modifiers to improve adhesion characteristics at the wheel-rail interface. The friction modifier must be designed to reduce slippage or sliding of the trains’ wheels on the rails under conditions of rapid acceleration or braking without excessive rolling contact wear. In this study, a novel composite material consisting of metal, ceramic, and polymer is proposed as a friction modifier to improve adhesion between wheels and rails. A blend of Al-6Cu-0.5Mg metallic powder, Al2O3 ceramic powder, and Bakelite-based polymer in various weight-fractions is hot-pressed at 150oC to form a bulk composite material. Variation in the adhesion coefficient is evaluated using a high-speed wheel-rail friction tester, with and without application of the composite friction modifier, under both dry and wet conditions. The effect of varying the weighting fractions of metal and ceramic friction powders is detailed in the paper.

자기부상열차가 중 저속 및 초고속 주행 시 차량의 주행특성 및 교량의 동적 응답 결과를 제시하고자 한다. 수직 자유도 및 회전 자유도를 포함한 10자유도 자기부상열차에 대한 운동방정식을 유도하고, 모드 중첩법을 이용하여 교량의 운동방정식을 구성하였다. 또한 제어 방법으로 UTM01제어기법을 적용하여 수치해석을 수행하였다. 해석 예제로 노면조도, 가이드웨이의 처짐비, 차량 속도 등이 교량의 처짐과 차량의 부상공극 및 여러 가지 변수에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 부상공극은 조도의 조건에 따라 그 차이가 확연히 드러나고 또한 자기부상열차의 속도가 증가함에 따라 부상공극이 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 자기부상열차가 중, 저속 주행 시에는 교량에 대한 영향이 미비하지만 초고속 주행 시 교량에 대한 동적확대계수가 큰 값을 보여주었다.

Based on the test run of next generation high speed train which is called HEMU-430X, bridge serviceability is investigated through measurements of vertical displacements of a steel composite bridge. In the present paper, a steel composite bridge which has 50m span length are reported. Vertical displacements of the bridge according to the gradually increasing speed are investigated and compared with interaction analysis results.