Week 2 Railwheel and Track

Objective: To perform a static structural analysis on the Rail wheel and Track setup and compare it with User Defined Results with different Loads.

Software used: Ansys 2021 R2.

Analysis Results

Total Deformation:

Equivalent Elastic strain:

Equivalent Stress:

User Defined Result-Total Deformation:

Result Comparison:

S. No	Result	Bearing Load
		100000N	500000N
1	Total Deformation (mm)	1001.4710431967472	1001.7280219871274
2	Equivalent strain (mm-1)	0.00090539673484662283	0.0031098644664910224
3	Equivalent stress (MPa)	139.10632324607099	510.71206708833392
4	User Defined Result -Total Deformation (mm)	1001.4710431967474	1001.7280219871274

Initially, the model was simulated with 100000N bearing load. The values of Total Deformation, Equivalent stress and Equivalent strain is obtained using parametric study under 100000N & 500000N.

It is observed that there are very minor changes in strain and deformation with a multiplied load. Equivalent elastic strain is maximum at the contact of Rail wheel & Track. Whereas, Equivalent stress is distributed over the radial distance of wheel from point of contact and Total Deformation is varied by rotation of wheel.

Conclusion

Hence, static structural analysis on a rail wheel and track is performed with different loads and total deformation is verified with user defined result.