Manufacturing Technology 2025, 25(3):374-382 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2025.040

Features of Locomotive Adhesive Mass Utilization in a Braking Mode

Stanislav Semenov ORCID...1, Evgeny Mikhailov ORCID...1, Oleksandr Spivak ORCID...2, Ján Dižo ORCID...3, Miroslav Blatnický ORCID...3, Martin Bučko ORCID...3
1 Department of Logistics Management and Transport Safety, Faculty of Transport and Construction, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Ioanna Pavla II Str., 17, 01042, Kyiv, Ukraine
2 Department of Electromechanics and Rolling Stock of Railways, Faculty of Infrastructure and Rolling Stock, The State University of Infrastructure and Technologies, Kyrylivska Str., 9, 04071, Kyiv, Ukraine
3 Department of Transport and Handling Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 01026, Žilina, Slovak Republic

The magnitude of a locomotive's traction and braking forces is directly related to its adhesive mass, which largely determines its tractive and braking characteristics. Therefore, an important task is to maximize the utilization of the locomotive's adhesive mass. The degree of adhesive mass utilization is determined by more factors and is quantitatively characterized by the Adhesive Mass Utilization Coeffi-cient (AMUC). One of the ways to increase the AMUC is to improve the locomotive's lever-type brake transmission. In braking mode, it interacts with the wheelsets and the bogie frame and may block the operation of the first stage of the suspension system. This research presents the results of a mathematical model-based study of the influence of certain parameters of the lever brake transmission on the utilisation of locomotive adhesive mass in braking mode. The calculations were carried out for various values of the vertical stiffness of the brake transmission. The results indicate that the distribution of vertical loads across the locomotive's wheelsets in braking mode significantly depends on the vertical stiffness of the brake transmission.

Keywords: Locomotive Undercarriage, Coupling mass, Braking, Load redistribution, Efficiency
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This publication has been supported by the project VEGA 1/0513/22: „Investigation of the properties of railway brake components in simulated operating conditions on a flywheel brake stand“ and by the project KEGA 031ŽU-4/2023: „Development of key competencies of the graduate of the study program Vehicles and Engines.“

Received: February 18, 2025; Revised: May 3, 2025; Accepted: May 26, 2025; Prepublished online: June 11, 2025; Published: July 4, 2025  Show citation

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Semenov S, Mikhailov E, Spivak O, Dižo J, Blatnický M, Bučko M. Features of Locomotive Adhesive Mass Utilization in a Braking Mode. Manufacturing Technology. 2025;25(3):374-382. doi: 10.21062/mft.2025.040.
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