Safety Analysis of the Running Train under Earthquake Dynamic Disturbance

Table 7

Peak values of the dynamic response indexes of the wheel-rail system.

Peak value	Train lateral acceleration	Wheel-rail lateral force (kN)	Wheel-rail vertical force (kN)	Wheel load reduction rate	Derailment coefficient
Tianjin wave	0.70  m/s^2	15.3	85.7	0.32	0.23
El Centro wave	1.66  m/s^2	12.9	98.9	0.49	0.40
Taft wave	1.12  m/s^2	11.2	89.7	0.28	0.22
Qian’an wave	1.06  m/s^2	9.1	82.6	0.21	0.16