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Numerical Simulations of Snow Accumulation in the Bogie Region of a Train Considering Snow Particle Rotation

Hong Lan^1,3, Jiye Zhang^1,*, Yao Zhang¹, Lu Cai²

1 State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Vehicle System, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China
2 College of Railway Transportation, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, 412000, China
3 GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd., Foshan, 528311, China

* Corresponding Author: Jiye Zhang. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Computational Fluid Dynamics: Two- and Three-dimensional fluid flow analysis over a body using commercial software)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2024, 20(10), 2337-2352. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2024.052609

Received 08 April 2024; Accepted 11 June 2024; Issue published 23 September 2024

Abstract

To investigate the influence of snow particle rotational motion on the accumulation of snow in the bogie region of high-speed trains, an Euler‒Lagrange numerical approach is adopted. The study examines the effects of snow particle diameter and train speed on the ensuing dynamics. It is shown that considering snow particle rotational motion causes significant deviation in the particle trajectories with respect to non-rotating particles. Such a deviation increases with larger snow particle diameters and higher train speeds. The snow accumulation on the overall surface of the bogie increases, and the amount of snow on the vibration reduction device varies greatly. In certain conditions, the amount of accumulated snow can increase by several orders of magnitudes.

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