Research Article

Analysis on the Effects of Material Parameters on the Fatigue Performance of Novel Anticorrugation Elastic Rail Clips

Table 1

Metro vehicle parameters.

Vehicle parametersUnitSymbolParameter value

Vehicle body masskgMvehicle50878
Frame masskgMt2721
Wheelset masskgM1900
Vehicle pitch inertiakg·m2Jvehicle4.446 × 106
Frame pitch inertiakg·m2Jt3605
Primary suspension vertical stiffnessN/mKpz4.14 × 106
Secondary suspension vertical stiffnessN/mKsz4.5 × 106
Primary suspension vertical dampingN·s/mCpz4.9 × 104
Secondary suspension vertical dampingN·s/mCsz1.96 × 105
Half-distance between two bogiesmlc7.85
Half-distance between wheel-sets of a bogiemlt1.25
Wheel radiusmR0.42