Polygonisation of railway wheels: a critical review

G Tao, Z Wen, X Jin, X Yang - Railway engineering science, 2020 - Springer
Polygonisation is a common nonuniform wear phenomenon occurring in railway vehicle
wheels and has a severe impact on the vehicle–track system, ride comfort, and lineside …

Out-of-round railway wheels and polygonisation

S Iwnicki, JCO Nielsen, G Tao - Vehicle System Dynamics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Out-of-roundness in railway wheels, in particular polygonal wear resulting in regular, multi-
lobed, out-of-round wheels, has become a significant problem in recent years. It is of …

[HTML][HTML] Formation process, key influencing factors, and countermeasures of high-order polygonal wear of locomotive wheels

G Tao, X Liu, Z Wen, X Jin - Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE …, 2021 - jzus.zju.edu.cn
Two types of high power alternating current (AC) locomotive in China are prone to serious
high-order polygonal wear, which has significant negative effects on the operation of …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive time series representation for out-of-round railway wheels fault diagnosis in wayside monitoring

A Lourenço, C Ferraz, D Ribeiro, A Mosleh… - Engineering Failure …, 2023 - Elsevier
Through the integration of advanced sensor technologies and machine learning algorithms,
artificial intelligence has revolutionized wayside monitoring in the railway sector. Although …

Detection of wheel polygonization based on wayside monitoring and artificial intelligence

A Guedes, R Silva, D Ribeiro, C Vale, A Mosleh… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This research presents an approach based on artificial intelligence techniques for wheel
polygonization detection. The proposed methodology is tested with dynamic responses …

Wear and RCF problems of metro wheel/rail systems: phenomena, causes and countermeasures in China

Z Wen, G Tao, X Zhao, W Li, X Jin - Wear, 2023 - Elsevier
Wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) problems observed on metro wheel/rail systems in
China in the last 15 years are summarized and explained from the aspects of phenomena …

Experimental and numerical analysis of the polygonal wear of high-speed trains

W Cai, M Chi, X Wu, F Li, Z Wen, S Liang, X Jin - Wear, 2019 - Elsevier
High-order wheel polygonal wear results in many problems in track and vehicle systems. To
gain insight into its formation mechanism, the relationship between dominating order and …

Polygonal wear mechanism of high-speed wheels based on full-size wheel-rail roller test rig

Y Wu, J Wang, M Liu, X Jin, X Hu, X Xiao, Z Wen - Wear, 2022 - Elsevier
The polygonal wear of train wheels is common. It increases the wheel-rail interaction force
drastically and adversely affects the safety and comfort of the train. The mechanism of the …

An investigation into the mechanism of high-order polygonal wear of metro train wheels and its mitigation measures

G Tao, C Xie, H Wang, X Yang, C Ding… - Vehicle System …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
High-order polygonal wear wheels have been detected on metro express train operating on
one metro line in China, which cause fatigue failures of steel coil springs in the primary …

Evolution analysis of wheel polygon wear considering the effect of interharmonics in electrical traction drive system

B Lu, Y Song, Z Liu, G Tao, X Wang, Q Zhang… - Mechanism and Machine …, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation and development of wheel polygon wear (WPW) present significant
challenges to the safety of railway vehicle operations. It is widely accepted that WPW occurs …