EP2724912B1 - Railway vehicle suspension provided with roll stiffness control means - Google Patents

Railway vehicle suspension provided with roll stiffness control means Download PDF

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EP2724912B1
EP2724912B1 EP12189656.7A EP12189656A EP2724912B1 EP 2724912 B1 EP2724912 B1 EP 2724912B1 EP 12189656 A EP12189656 A EP 12189656A EP 2724912 B1 EP2724912 B1 EP 2724912B1
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Rickard Persson
Olaf Kämmerling
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/14—Side bearings
    • B61F5/144—Side bearings comprising fluid damping devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02—Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/22—Guiding of the vehicle underframes with respect to the bogies

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  • This invention relates to a running gear for a railway vehicle provided with a pneumatic suspension, in particular albeit not exclusively to a secondary pneumatic suspension. It relates in particular to a bogie provided with such a pneumatic suspension. It also relates to a railway vehicle provided with such a running gear pneumatic suspension and to a method of controlling a rail vehicle provided with such a pneumatic suspension.
  • a railway vehicle with a primary and a secondary suspension is disclosed in EP 0 568 043 .
  • the secondary suspension is a pneumatic suspension comprising toroidal air bellows located between a car body and a bogie frame on both sides of the bogie.
  • Each air bellows is connected to a closed auxiliary volume by means of a pneumatic line to reduce the vertical stiffness of the air suspension and increase the perceived ride comfort.
  • this reduction of the vertical stiffness also leads to a reduction of the roll stiffness, with undesired effects when the railway vehicle negotiates a curve, such as an increased lateral acceleration perceived by the passengers, lateral displacement of the pantograph and car body width restrictions.
  • two three-way valves are disposed between the toroidal air bellows and the auxiliary volumes, to selectively isolate one of the air bellows on one side of the bogie from the associated auxiliary volume and simultaneously connect this auxiliary volume to the other air bellows on the other side of the bogie and to the associated auxiliary volume, when the vehicle enters a curve.
  • the air bellows on the inner side of the curve is isolated, which reduces its active pneumatic volume and increases its stiffness
  • the air bellows on the outer side of the curve is connected to the two air auxiliary volumes, which further reduces the stiffness on this side.
  • the overall roll stiffness of the secondary suspension may slightly increase or even decrease, which is detrimental in a curve.
  • a car body inclination system for a rail vehicle is described in JP5238387A .
  • the inclination system comprises left and right air bellows, each connected to two additional air volumes connected in series by means of a switching valve.
  • the switching valves are closed to isolate one of the additional air volumes on each side of the car body so as to decrease the active volume on each side.
  • a supply valve of the air bellows on an inward side of the curve is opened to supply high pressure air from an air accumulator to the inward air bellows.
  • an exhaust valve of the air bellows on the outward side is opened to discharge air in the outward air bellows to the atmosphere.
  • a pneumatic secondary suspension for a bogie of a rail vehicle is disclosed EP0568043 .
  • This secondary suspension comprises toroidal bellows and additional air volumes which are connected to the toroidal bellows via lines. Three-way valves are arranged between the toroidal bellows and the additional volumes. On a straight line, each toroidal bellows is connected to a respective one of the additional air volumes. In a curve, one of the two toroidal bellows is connected to both additional air volumes while the other is isolated.
  • the vertical stiffness of an air bellows is inversely proportional to the volume of air in the air bellows.
  • a first order approximation of the roll stiffness is the sum of the absolute values of the vertical stiffness of the suspension on the right and left side of the running gear.
  • each air bellows is associated to one additional volume to provide a relatively soft suspension, i.e. a low vertical and roll stiffness of the suspension.
  • both left and right air bellows are simultaneously isolated from the additional air volume means and the vertical stiffness increases on both sides of the running gear, which results in an increase of the roll stiffness.
  • the anti-roll valve means include a left anti-roll valve for connecting the additional air volume means to the left air bellows and a right anti-roll valve for connecting the additional air volume means to the right air bellows.
  • each of the left and right anti-roll valves is a two- position, two-way valve, a particularly simple arrangement.
  • the additional air volume means may include one or several chambers.
  • the additional air volume means include at least one left additional air chamber connected to the left air bellows via the anti-roll valve means and at least one right additional air chamber connected to the right air bellows via the anti-roll valve means.
  • the left and right additional air chambers may be completely isolated from one another or may be connected to one another by means of a differential pressure valve, with or without nozzle.
  • the anti-roll valve means can include one common valve or two individual valve, i.e. a left anti-roll valve between the left additional air chamber and the left air bellows, and a right anti-roll valve between the right additional air chamber and the right air bellows.
  • the additional air volume means may include one or more common air chambers connected both to the left and right air bellows via the anti-roll valve means.
  • the common air chamber or chambers may be the only chambers of the additional air volume means or may be combined with left and right additional air chambers.
  • the additional air volume means may include at least one left additional air volume connected to the left air bellows via the anti-roll valve means and at least one right additional air volume connected to the right air bellows via the anti-roll valve means.
  • the antiroll valve means may include a single two-position, four-way valve.
  • the additional air volume means have a total volume, which is at least more than half a total volume of the left and right air bellows.
  • the additional air volume means can be realised as one or more closed cavities realised in a frame of the running gear or in a frame of the car body.
  • the additional air volume can comprise one or more pneumatic reservoirs.
  • the curve detector may include one or several lateral acceleration detectors, in particular one accelerometer which delivers an electrical signal or a couple of lateral accelerometers located at the front and rear end of the running gear or a pendular mass linked to the valve or valves by means of a linkage.
  • the curve detector may also include a GPS system linked to a map of the track to predict the entry into a curve. It may also include a rotation sensor, which detects a rotation movement of the car body with respect to the running gear about a vertical axis. It may also include a roll sensor, e.g. a rotation sensor, which detects a rotation of the car body with respect to the running gear about a horizontal, longitudinal axis.
  • the rotation sensor and/or displacement sensor may include a linkage, e.g. one or more connecting rods and/or levers connected between the car body and the running gear and mechanically linked to the valve(s).
  • the antiroll valve means are biased towards a closed position to isolate the left and right air bellows from the additional air volume means in the absence of signal from the curve detector. This provides a failsafe operation mode in case of malfunction of the detector.
  • the running gear may be a one-axle running gear, a two-axle bogie or a running gear with more than two wheelsets. It can be conventional bolster bogie or bolsterless bogie.
  • the suspension is preferably a secondary suspension, i.e. a suspension stage for supporting the vehicle body of the railway vehicle, e.g. a car or coach body, on the frame of the running gear.
  • This secondary suspension may or may not be complemented by a primary suspension stage between the wheels and frame of the running gear.
  • the pneumatic suspension is preferably connected with the frame of the running gear.
  • the pneumatic suspension can also be connected to a bolster of the running gear, in which case it can extend between the bolster and the frame, or between the bolster and the car body.
  • the running gear may further include a primary suspension for supporting the frame on the set of wheels.
  • the running gear may include a bolster provided with a pivot for guiding the rotation movement of the running gear with respect to the vehicle body, in which case, the secondary air suspension may be active between the bolster and the vehicle body, between the bolster and the running gear frame or between the vehicle body and the running gear frame.
  • a railway vehicle comprising a vehicle body supported on at least one, preferably at least two running gears as described above.
  • the running gear can be located between the two ends of a car body.
  • the running gear can also be a so-called Jacob-type or articulated running gear located between two adjacent carriages, supporting the rear end of the front carriage and the front end of the adjacent rear carriage.
  • the stiffening of the left and right vertical air bellows results in an increase of the roll stiffness.
  • a railway vehicle 10 comprises a car body 12 supported on one or more running gears, in the present instance bogies 14 .
  • Each bogie 14 includes at least one wheelset 16 running on a rail track 18 and journalled in a pair of axle boxes 20L , 20R , a bogie frame 22 linked to the axle boxes 20 by means of a primary suspension 24 , which may be a pneumatic or mechanic suspension e.g. with helicoidal and/or rubber springs or any combination of different springs.
  • the bogie frame 22 supports a bolster 26 , which can freely rotate about a vertical axis 100 with respect to the bogie frame 22 by means of a central pivot 28 .
  • Side bearers 30 limit the other degrees of freedom between the two components.
  • the bolster 26 is linked to the car body 12 by a secondary suspension 32 comprising at least one left bellows 34L and one right bellows 34R , located respectively on a left and a right side of a vertical longitudinal plane 102 of the car body.
  • the left and right bellows 34L , 34R support the car body 12 in the vertical direction and may or may not present stiffness in the lateral and longitudinal directions.
  • One or several longitudinal connecting rods (not shown) are also provided to integrally transmit longitudinal forces between the car body 12 and the bolster 26 .
  • a lateral shock absorber (not shown) may complement the mechanical connection between the bolster 26 and the car body 12 .
  • Each of the left and right bellows 34L , 34R is connected to a left, respectively right additional air chamber 36L , 36R by means of a left, respectively right air connection line 38L , 38R which includes a left, respectively right antiroll valve 40L , 40R .
  • Each antiroll valve 40L , 40R is a two-way, two-position valve, in this particular case a solenoid valve electrically connected to a curve detector 42 .
  • the curve detector 42 may include a lateral accelerometer located on the bogie frame for detecting the lateral acceleration of the bogie, linked to a control circuit including a low-pass filter and a power unit.
  • the control circuit is such as to send a control signal to activate the two solenoids and connect the left and right bellows to the respective left and right additional chambers when the vehicle is on a straight line, i.e. when the absolute value of a low-pass component of the lateral acceleration measured by the accelerometer is below a predetermined threshold.
  • the absolute value of the low-pass component of the lateral acceleration measured by the accelerometer increases above the predetermined threshold and the control signal is switched off to de-energise the solenoids.
  • the spring-biased left and right antiroll valves return to their closed position to isolate the left and right bellows from the left and right additional chambers.
  • Fig. 2 differs from the previous embodiment in that the left and right air bellows 34L , 34R are located between the bogie frame 22 and a bolster 26 , which is provided with a pivot connection 28 with the car body 12 .
  • the left and right bellows 34L , 34R are connected to left, respectively right additional air chambers 36L , 36R in a manner similar to the first embodiment.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a railway vehicle 10 provided with a bolsterless bogie 14 .
  • a secondary suspension system 32 of the invention is arranged directly between the frame 22 of the bogie 14 and the car body 12 .
  • Anti-yawing dampers 44 may be provided to limit the relative yawing motion between the bogie frame and the vehicle body.
  • Longitudinal connecting rods 46 transfer the longitudinal forces between the car body and the bogie frame.
  • the left and right bellows 34L , 34R are connected to left, respectively right additional air chambers 36L , 36R in a manner similar to the first embodiment.
  • Fig. 4 differs from the previous embodiments merely in that a single two-position, four-way anti-roll valve 140 is used instead of the left and right anti-roll valves 40L , 40R of the previous embodiments to the same effect.
  • FIG. 5 A simplified arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 5 , with a common additional air chamber 236 instead of two separate air chambers 36L , 36F .
  • the circuit is provided with two individual anti-roll vales 40L , 40R , which, however, could be replaced with a single two-position four-way anti-roll valve 140 .
  • the bellows on each side of the vehicle can be connected to a common additional air chamber as illustrated in Fig. 6 or to individual air chambers. It would also be possible to connect the air bellows on both sides of the vehicle to a common air chamber.
  • Figs. 1 to 6 can be combined with one another, e.g. a common additional air chamber 236 can be added to individual air chambers 36L , 36R .
  • Anti-yaw dampers may be left out in the embodiment of Fig. 3 , and can be added in the other embodiments.
  • detectors or combination of detectors can be used to detect that the vehicle is entering a curve.
  • the detectors may send an electrical or mechanical signal to the valve.
  • the detector should preferably send a signal when a threshold is reached.
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