TY  - EJOU
AU  - Lan, Hong 
AU  - Zhang, Jiye 
AU  - Zhang, Yao 
AU  - Cai, Lu 

TI  - Numerical Simulations of Snow Accumulation in the Bogie Region of a Train Considering Snow Particle Rotation
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2024
VL  - 20
IS  - 10
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - 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.
KW  - High-speed train; bogie; snow particle rotation; discrete phase model; snow accumulation

DO  - 10.32604/fdmp.2024.052609