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Volume 61 Issue 3
Jun.  2026
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WANG Kaiyun, CHEN Qinghua, CHEN Shiqian. Damage Mechanism of Heavy-Haul Locomotive Wheels on Long Heavy Downhill Slopes with Low Adhesion[J]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 2026, 61(3): 995-1008. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0258-2724.20260102
Citation: WANG Kaiyun, CHEN Qinghua, CHEN Shiqian. Damage Mechanism of Heavy-Haul Locomotive Wheels on Long Heavy Downhill Slopes with Low Adhesion[J]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 2026, 61(3): 995-1008. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0258-2724.20260102

Damage Mechanism of Heavy-Haul Locomotive Wheels on Long Heavy Downhill Slopes with Low Adhesion

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0258-2724.20260102
  • Received Date: 02 Mar 2026
  • Rev Recd Date: 07 Apr 2026
  • Publish Date: 14 Apr 2026
  • To investigate the damage mechanism of locomotive wheels during the braking of heavy-haul trains on long heavy downhill slopes with low adhesion, a wheel damage analysis model for heavy-haul locomotives considering longitudinal impulses was established focusing on the slave control locomotive of a 20,000-ton heavy-haul combined train. This model mainly included a longitudinal dynamics model of the 20,000-ton heavy-haul combined train, a vehicle-track spatial interaction model considering anti-slip control, and a wheel damage prediction model. Based on this model, the wheel damage distribution of the slave control locomotive under electric braking conditions was analyzed, and the effects of rail surface adhesion parameters and anti-slip control algorithm parameters on the wheel damage of the slave control locomotive were further explored. Simulation results indicate that: 1) Coupler forces lead to different wheel adhesion performance and sliding characteristics between Section A and Section B of the slave control locomotive when passing through low-adhesion areas, which in turn results in differences in the damage values among individual wheels of the slave control locomotive. Under normal rail adhesion conditions, the wheel damage is predominantly fatigue damage; with characteristic parameter matchings of different contact patches, the wheel damage gradually transforms from fatigue damage to wear damage. 2) Different anti-slip control thresholds exhibit varying effects on wheel damage under complex rail adhesion and braking conditions. When the electric braking force reduction ratio increases from 0.4 to 1.0, the maximum wheel damage value of each wheelset decreases by 88.9%. When the braking force reduction slope increases from 5 kN/s to 30 kN/s, the maximum decrease in the wheel damage value of each wheelset reaches 92.4%, and when the recovery slope decreases from 15 kN/s to 1 kN/s, the maximum decrease is 80.0%.

     

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