Analysis on Wheel-Rail Contact and Rail Cracks of 50m Radio Telescope

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In order to search the pointing accuracy degradation and the wheel-rail contact of the National astronomical observatory 50m radio telescope, according to the actual wheel-rail structure and design indicators, the wheel rail contact problem with the finite element analysis based on non-Hertz rolling contact theory is analyzed. The results show that the maximum deformation should be less than 1 mm. Then the measurement scheme of rail horizontal error and deformation is formulated. The mean value of the rail horizontal error is 2.89mm, while the maximum rail horizontal error is 1.5mm. The rail maintenance scheme is put forward after the flaw detection which finds large areas of cracks at the rail junction and the welded joint. The measurement is taken after rail maintenance; the experimental data coincide with the simulation results and then verify the correctness of the wheel-rail contact model, also the solution scheme of rail cracks. The reason for the pointing accuracy degradation is verified finally, which also can provide an effective method for the wheel-rail design and maintenance of large radio telescope.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 971-973)

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974-978

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June 2014

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