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Study on the Design of Deformation Tube for 200kJ Large Energy Absorption

200kJ 대용량 에너지 흡수용 변형튜브 설계에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Jin Mo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate school, Korea Polytechnic University) ;
  • Lee, Jong Kil (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University) ;
  • Kim, Ki Nam (R&D Center, Rail system division, Yujin machinery LTD.)
  • Received : 2015.11.24
  • Accepted : 2016.03.04
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

The market share of high-speed railway vehicles is increasing across the world. A high-performance impact energy absorption factor is essential to satisfy the safety standards of railway vehicles. A deformed tube assembly is a typical energy absorption factor in railway vehicles. The tube assembly comprises a deformed tube and a press-fitting punch, its performance depends on the absorption energy characteristics in the plastic zone of the tube. In this study, a deformed tube assembly of a railway vehicle is designed that can absorb a maximum impact energy of 200kJ under plastic deformation. Slab method and finite element analysis are used to estimate the reaction force of the punch in the initial stage, the performance of the designed tube assembly is confirmed experimentally.

고속철도 차량의 시장 점유율은 전 세계적으로 확대되고 있다. 고성능 충격 에너지 흡수 요소는 철도차량의 안전 기준을 충족하는 것이 필수 요소이다. 변형 튜브 조립체는 철도 차량에 대한 전형적인 에너지 흡수 요소이다. 그것은 변형 튜브와 압입 펀치로 구성되어 있으며 튜브 조립체의 성능은 튜브의 소성 영역에서 흡수 에너지 특성에 의존한다. 본 논문의 변형 튜브에서 흡수하는 소성변형 에너지는 200kJ의 철도차량 충돌 에너지를 흡수하도록 설계되어 있다. 슬래브 법과 유한 요소해석을 사용하여 초기 단계에서 펀치의 반력은 예측되며 설계된 튜브 조립체의 성능은 실험으로 확인되었다.

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