Reducing Traction Energy Consumption with a Decrease in the Weight of an All-Metal Gondola Car

Autor: Maryna Bulakh, Leszek Klich, Oleksandra Baranovska, Anastasiia Baida, Sergiy Myamlin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 16, Iss 18, p 6733 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en16186733
Popis: The paper presented studies on reducing traction energy consumption with a decrease in the weight of an all-metal gondola car. Based on the proposed mathematical criterion, a new form of a blind floor was obtained, which makes it possible to reduce the weight of an all-metal gondola car. The aim of the paper was to reduce traction energy consumption with a decrease in the weight of an all-metal gondola car. For an all-metal gondola car with a modified form of a blind floor, strength studies were performed based on the finite element method. The equivalent stresses of the blind floor of an all-metal gondola car were 140.6 MPa, and the equivalent strains were 7.08 × 10−4. The margin of safety of the blind floor of an all-metal gondola car was 1.57. The weight of an all-metal gondola car with a modified form of a blind floor was reduced by 5.1% compared to a typical all-metal gondola car. For an all-metal gondola car with a modified form of a blind floor, a comparison was made of the traction energy consumption with typical all-metal gondola cars. Traction energy consumption with empty all-metal gondola cars were reduced by 2.5–3.1%; with loaded all-metal gondola cars by 2.4–7.3%, depending on the travel time interval.
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