TY - JOUR A1 - Hurtado-Hurtado, G. A1 - Morales-Velazquez, L. A1 - Valtierra-Rodríguez, M. A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Jáuregui-Correa, J. C. T1 - Frequency Analysis of the Railway Track under Loads Caused by the Hunting Phenomenon JF - Mathematics N2 - Hunting is a potentially dangerous phenomenon related to the lateral oscillation of the wheels that impacts the rails and causes the wear of the infrastructure’s components. Therefore, the analysis and timely detection of hunting can lead to the application of corrective maintenance tasks, reducing damages, and costs and even derailments as a result. In this work, the vibration response of a finite element model of a rail with hunting-induced loads by a single wheel is analyzed in three directions: longitudinal, lateral, and vertical. The contact patch forces are calculated by means of Simpack® using the Kalker linear theory and the contact Hertz theory. The system is solved by using the Newmark-_ approach. The results of the deflection and vibration analysis, following the proposed methodology, show how the different characteristics of the loads impact the rail. KW - Continuous wavelet transform KW - Empirical mode decomposition KW - Finite element method KW - Frequency analysis KW - Hunting phenomenon KW - Mechanical modelling KW - Rail vibrations PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-551517 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/13/2286/htm# DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/math10132286 VL - 10 IS - 13 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-55151 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -