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Reducing Traction Energy Consumption with a Decrease in the Weight of an All-Metal Gondola Car

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  • Maryna Bulakh

    (Faculty of Mechanics and Technology, Rzeszow University of Technology, 37-450 Stalowa Wola, Poland)

  • Leszek Klich

    (Faculty of Mechanics and Technology, Rzeszow University of Technology, 37-450 Stalowa Wola, Poland)

  • Oleksandra Baranovska

    (Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 20-612 Lublin, Poland)

  • Anastasiia Baida

    (Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland)

  • Sergiy Myamlin

    (Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics, Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport, 61050 Kharkiv, Ukraine)

Abstract

The paper presented studies on reducing traction energy consumption with a decrease in the weight of an all-metal gondola car. Based on the proposed mathematical criterion, a new form of a blind floor was obtained, which makes it possible to reduce the weight of an all-metal gondola car. The aim of the paper was to reduce traction energy consumption with a decrease in the weight of an all-metal gondola car. For an all-metal gondola car with a modified form of a blind floor, strength studies were performed based on the finite element method. The equivalent stresses of the blind floor of an all-metal gondola car were 140.6 MPa, and the equivalent strains were 7.08 × 10 −4 . The margin of safety of the blind floor of an all-metal gondola car was 1.57. The weight of an all-metal gondola car with a modified form of a blind floor was reduced by 5.1% compared to a typical all-metal gondola car. For an all-metal gondola car with a modified form of a blind floor, a comparison was made of the traction energy consumption with typical all-metal gondola cars. Traction energy consumption with empty all-metal gondola cars were reduced by 2.5–3.1%; with loaded all-metal gondola cars by 2.4–7.3%, depending on the travel time interval.

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  • Maryna Bulakh & Leszek Klich & Oleksandra Baranovska & Anastasiia Baida & Sergiy Myamlin, 2023. "Reducing Traction Energy Consumption with a Decrease in the Weight of an All-Metal Gondola Car," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:18:p:6733-:d:1244364
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