Fatigue strength evaluation of a bogie frame for urban maglev train with fatigue test on full-scale test rig

This study evaluated experimentally static strength for bogie frame of an urban maglev train including performing fatigue analysis, cumulative damage and fatigue test based on a developed fatigue load and as a final outcome, aimed to propose a fatigue strength evaluation method for the bogie frame of urban maglev. The results of FEM analysis adopting load combinations showed that all data was under a fatigue limit of the butt welded joint made of A6005 in Goodman diagram. The cumulative fatigue damage was calculated at the highest level from a bolt connecting area of electromagnetic pole in casting block but the total sum was evaluated as D = 0.808 based on 1 × 107 cycles, which indicates it did not exceed the failure criteria. In addition, as the results of fatigue test, there was no crack on the any position of the bogie frame with the outcomes that corresponded to the results of fatigue test.

► Fatigue strength evaluation of a bogie frame for Korean maglev train utilizing electromagnetic suspension (EMS) was developed.
► Goodman diagram and linear cumulative damage rule was performed to assess fatigue strength of bogie frame.
► Fatigue test on full-scale test rig was performed up to 1 × 107 cycles through three stages by increasing test load range.