Surface wear evolution of traction motor bearings in vibration environment of a locomotive during operation

作     者：LIU YuQing CHEN ZaiGang WANG KaiYun ZHAI WanMing LIU YuQing;CHEN ZaiGang;WANG KaiYun;ZHAI WanMing

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Traction PowerSouthwest Jiaotong UniversityChengdu 610031China 

出 版 物：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》 (中国科学（技术科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第65卷第4期

页      面：920-931页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 080204[工学-车辆工程] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0802[工学-机械工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52022083  51775453  51735012) 

主　　题：wear rolling bearing traction motor railway vehicle dynamics 

摘      要：Wear is a major cause of bearing failure,however,compared with other impact failures,smooth wear is often neglected because of its slow gradualness.In a locomotive,under the effect of the intensified wheel-rail interaction and gear mesh,the surface wear can increase the radial clearances of motor bearings,trigger abnormal vibration and noise,and adversely affect the efficiency and safety of the traction motor.In this study,considering the mechanical structure of the traction motor,a locomotive-track spatially coupled dynamics model with traction power transmissions(LTMM)is adopted to provide accurate dynamic loads and obtain the dynamic responses of the system.From the perspective of contact stress and relative skidding at the roller-race interface,the causes and evolution of motor bearings surface wear are analyzed.The results indicate that the wear of inner races of motor bearings is uniform.The outer races of the driving/non-driving end bearings(DB or NDB)are worn in the loaded/main loadbearing regions.The increasing surface wear can increase the internal dynamic forces(e.g.,the centrifugal force of rotor and unbalanced magnetic pull)induced by the instantaneous eccentricity of the rotor,intensify the interactions between the roller and races,and deteriorate the vibrations of the traction motor and its neighboring components in the locomotive.In addition,the effects of the friction coefficient at the roller-race interface and track random irregularity are analyzed.This study offers a theoretical basis in service life prediction and design of the motor bearings.