A Study on the Ride Quality Enhancement of the High-speed Electric Multiple Unit

동력분산형 고속열차의 승차감 개선에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study was carried out to improve the ride quality of high-speed electric multiple unit. Through dynamic analysis of the HEMU-430X, the range of the equivalent conicity with a critical speed of 300 km/h was between 0.05 and 0.25. The initial adopted wheel profile of HEMU-430X was S1002. The equivalent conicity of S1002 with the mileage of more than 40,000 km was about 0.033 and it was confirmed that XP55 is more suitable for stable operation because XP55 has the equivalent conicity of over 0.061. In order to improve ride quality of high-speed electric multiple unit, the change of installation angle of the yaw damper was suggested from $7.35^{\circ}$ to $0^{\circ}$. From sensitivity analysis and optimization, the air spring lateral and vertical stiffness was suggested to be reduced by 30% and the secondary vertical and lateral damper damping coefficient was increased by 50%. By applying this, it was expected that the car body acceleration could be improved by about 20% on average. The HEMU-430X's yaw damper installation angle was changed to $0^{\circ}$ and the damping coefficient of the lateral damper was increased by 30%. When the test run was carried out at the speed of 300 km/h on the Kyungbu high-speed line, the vehicle lateral acceleration had improved by 34.3%. The effect of additional improvement measures proposed in this paper will be tested in the on track test. The riding quality improvement process used in this study can be used to solve ride quality problems that can occur in commercial operation of high-speed electric multiple unit in the future.

본 연구는 동력분산형 고속열차의 승차감을 개선하기 위하여 진행되었다. 동력분산형 고속열차 시제차량의 동역학 해석을 통해 300km/h이상의 임계속도를 갖는 등가 답면구배의 범위는 0.05에서 0.25사이임을 확인하였다. 초기에 적용된 차륜 프로파일 S1002는 4만km이상의 누적주행거리에도 불구하고 등가 답면구배는 0.033 정도였고, 안정적인 운행을 위해서는 등가 답면구배가 0.061이 넘는 XP55가 더 적합함을 확인하였다. 동력분산형 고속열차의 승차감을 개선하기 위한 방안으로 요댐퍼의 설치 각도를 $7.35^{\circ}$에서 $0^{\circ}$로 변경하고, 민감도 분석과 최적화를 통해 도출된 공기스프링 횡 및 상하방향 강성 30% 감소, 2차 수직댐퍼 및 횡댐퍼 댐핑계수를 50% 증가시키는 방안을 제안하였다. 이를 적용하면 차체 가속도를 평균 20%정도 개선시킬 수 있을 것으로 예상되었다. 도출된 승차감 개선 방법의 일부인 요댐퍼 설치각도를 $0^{\circ}$로 변경하고 횡댐퍼의 댐핑계수를 30% 증가시킨 후 경부고속선에서 300km/h 속도로 시운전을 진행하였을 때, 차체 횡가속도는 평균 34.3% 개선되었고, 본 연구에서 제안된 추가적인 개선 방안은 향후 시운전 시험 시에 적용될 예정이다. 본 연구에서 사용된 승차감 개선 프로세스는 향후 동력분산형 고속열차의 상업 운행 시에 발생할 수 있는 승차감 관련 문제 해결에 사용될 수 있다.

Fig. 1. HEMU-430X

Fig. 2. Critical speed according to equivalent conicity

Fig. 3. Equivalent conicity with measured wheel profile

Fig. 4. Current yaw damper configuration

Fig. 5. Sensitivity analysis result

Fig. 6. Optimization result

Fig. 7. Yaw damper angle adjustment

Fig. 8. Vertical stiffness of air spring

Fig. 9. On track test results

Table 1. Design variables and level

Table 2. Acceleration investigation of some cases