Composites Science and Engineering ›› 2020, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 120-130.

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE BOGIES

CHEN Guang-hao, LIANG Zhi-hong, ZHANG Zhi-fang*   

  1. Guangzhou University-Tamkang University Joint Research Center for EngineeringStructure Disaster Prevention and Control, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • Received:2019-06-18 Online:2020-03-28 Published:2020-03-28

Abstract: With its excellent performance, composite materials have been rapidly developed from the field of aviation to the field of railway transportation to meet the requirements for rail transit vehicles to be light-weighted, low energy consuming and comfortable. This paper firstly introduced the domestic and international application situation of the composite materials in railway train, and then summarized the disadvantages of traditional metal bogies. In particular, the development and research progress on the composite bogies in Germany, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea were described in details. The paper pointed out the to-be-solved problems in the development of composite bogies for using in the rail transportation and offered suggestions of possible solution. This paper will provide some guidance and references for the research and development of fiber reinforced composite bogies in China.

Key words: fiber reinforced composites, rail transportation, composite bogies, lightweighted

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