Research Article

Rail Corrugation Characteristics of Cologne Egg Fastener Section in Small Radius Curve

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History of corrugation investigations.

RefsResults and conclusions

Johnson and Gray [7]Rail corrugation induced by wheel-rail contact resonance
Grassie et al. [8–10]Wavelength fixed mechanism and damage mechanism, frequency fixed mechanism
Wang et al. [11]When the line was not smooth, the torsional vibration of wheelset would lead to the formation of corrugation
Igeland and Ilias [12]For the first time, nonlinear factors were introduced into the model of corrugation calculation
Valdivia et al. [13]Corrugation was caused by the interaction of wheel-rail dynamics, wheel-rail rolling contact, and material mechanics
Dinna et al. [14]Corrugation was caused by actions of periodic track impedance and high creepage when vehicle passes curve
Nielsen [15]Wheel-rail rolling contact could filter the rail surface roughness
Jin et al. [16]Based on wheel-rail dynamics, the calculation model of wear type corrugation was established and verified
Wu and Thompson [17]Based on the two-dimensional unsteady contact model and wear model, the locomotive dynamic model was established in the frequency domain
Wen [18]Combining the vertical coupled dynamics of vehicle-rail, unsteady rolling finite element model and two-dimensional rolling contact model of cater, the calculation model of corrugation of plastic flow pattern was established
Wu et al. [19]Fractal description of rail corrugation was established
Zhang et al. [20]Causes and treatments for corrugation developed on Egg fastener track
Li et al. [21]Using field observations, experiments and numerical study were conducted to investigate the occurrence mechanism of corrugation
Cui et al. [22]Corrugation was caused by friction, self-excited vibration between wheels and rails
Fang et al. [4]Formation mechanism and mitigation measures of short pitch corrugation