The influence of wind load on the stress characteristics of dropper for a high-speed railway

In this paper, the influence of wind load on the stress characteristics of dropper for a high-speed railway is studied. The section method is used to obtain the vibration equation of the dropper, and the finite difference method is used to convert the partial differential equation of the dropper vibration into a finite difference equation. Through the force analysis of the contact line section upwind, the vibration equation of the contact line with air damping is obtained. Thus, the partial differential equation of the motion can determine the initial and boundary conditions of each dropper. The MATLAB program is written to obtain the stress change diagram of each dropper, and the influence of wind load on the stress characteristics of the dropper is analyzed. The results show that the maximum tensile and compressive stresses of each dropper are different due to the difference of wind load and dropper location, and the dropper in the middle location is most sensitive to the change of wind load. At a low wind speed, there are immediate rebound and obvious attenuation vibration stages during the stress change of dropper. In addition, with the increasing speed of wind load, the stress amplitude and the maximum tensile stress of dropper do not almost change or decrease except the middle dropper.