Ming Gao received his Ph.D degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology. He is now an associate researcher in the Metals and Chemistry Research Institute, China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited. He mainly engages in the preparation and performance research of rubber and polyurethane products, active radical polymerization of polymer materials, and preparation and characterization of supramolecular materials.
Type-120 relief valves are critical components of locomotive braking systems, and they rapidly discharge the air pressure during brake release to enable swift pressure relief. In order to develop type-120 relief valve rubber diaphragms with long life and high performance, the damaged faulty samples were analyzed and studied.
Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to investigate the stress distribution and failure mechanism of the rubber diaphragms within the type-120 relief valves under dynamic loading conditions. The Ogden hyperelastic constitutive model was used to fit the diaphragm data obtained from the uniaxial tensile tests, and its suitability for the modeling of large deformations was confirmed.
The FEA results indicated that, when the rubber diaphragms reached their maximum deformation, the peak stress on their upper surfaces was 5.44 MPa. Thus, this region is highly susceptible to fatigue damage. The service life of the rubber diaphragms could be extended by using rubber compounds with high tensile moduli or a fabric-reinforced rubber diaphragm.
This study provides valuable data and experience for the development of the rubber diaphragms in the type-120 valves and other long-life rubber products in the railway field.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |