One of the main issues of cast-iron block brake material is high noise. Nowadays, train operators tend to change the brake block material from cast-iron to composite material. However, composite block brake materials are likely to produce more wear than cast-iron block brakes, degrading the dynamic behavior of the vehicle on the track. Therefore, comparison of the dynamic behavior and the maintenance cost of each block brake material of the train has been performed. The dynamic behavior is analyzed using GENSYS software and the maintenance cost analysis is done by using the Universal Cost Model developed in the EU project Roll2Rail. The iron ore train that operates in Malmbanan has been used as the simulation model. One-wheel profile before changing the block brake material before 2010 and two-wheel profiles after changing the block brake material after 2010 have been used for simulation. Certain radii, cant, vehicle speeds and wheel-rail friction coefficients has been taken into consideration in the simulations. After that, the wheel and track maintenance costs have been taken into consideration for analyzing the Universal Cost Model. The simulation results show that the wheel profiles after changing the block brake material possess higher risk of RCF than wheel profile before changing the brake block material. The UCM calculation show that the wheel profile after changing brake material leads to higher track maintenance costs, 9.3% higher for new1 and 2.8% higher for new2 wheel profiles, compared to the worn wheel profile before changing brake material. Moreover, The UCM calculation show that the wheel profile after changing brake material leads to higher wheel maintenance costs, 1.04% higher for new1 and 4.3% higher for new2 wheel profiles, compared to the worn wheel profile before changing brake material. The total of maintenance cost also shows that the wheel profile after changing brake material leads to higher maintenance costs, around 2-4%, compared to the worn profile before changing brake material.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-247504 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Firdaus, Alfi Hadi |
| Publisher | KTH, MWL Marcus Wallenberg Laboratoriet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | TRITA-SCI-GRU ; 2018:408 |
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