Effects of rotation on the rolling noise radiated by wheelsets in high-speed railways

[EN] Railway rolling noise is produced by the vibration of both the wheelsets and the track; the wheelsets dominate the high frequency noise and become increasingly important at high speed. The effect of rotation on the wheelset vibration and noise radiation is investigated using different wheelset...

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Autores: Knuth, C., Squicciarini, G., Thompson, D. J., Baeza González, Luis Miguel|||0000-0002-3815-8706
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/227155
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/227155
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Railways
Rolling noise
Rotor dynamics
Finite elements
Wheel rotation
Sound radiation
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Sumario:[EN] Railway rolling noise is produced by the vibration of both the wheelsets and the track; the wheelsets dominate the high frequency noise and become increasingly important at high speed. The effect of rotation on the wheelset vibration and noise radiation is investigated using different wheelset models in a rolling noise prediction model for a wide range of speeds. Each wheelset model takes account of the rotation to a different extent. An axisymmetric finite element model of a flexible rotating wheelset is implemented based on a complex exponential formulation and expressed in either an inertial or a non-inertial frame of reference. The model can include the inertial Coriolis and centrifugal forces and is also extended to include stress stiffening. Modes of the rotating wheel with non-zero number of nodal diameters are split into co- and counter-rotating waves with separated natural frequencies. The extent of the frequency separation depends on the shape of the mode and its dominant component of vibration. At common train speeds the frequency shifts due to stress-stiffening and spin-softening effects are found to be small compared with the gyroscopic effects due to the Coriolis forces. The effect of including the inertial Coriolis and centrifugal forces on the overall A-weighted sound power level is less than 0.3 dB below 400 km/h, while for higher train speeds, differences may exceed 1 dB in some one-third octave bands. Overall, these differences are small compared with other sources of uncertainty in rolling noise modelling, confirming that representing the wheel rotation with a moving load approach provides a suitable approximation for use in rolling noise predictions.