THEORETICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THE METAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEIGHT VERIFICATION CAR

In this article, theoretical investigations of the metal structure of the scale-testing railway car are carried out. These investigations primarily involve the development of a computational finite element model of the body of the scale-testing railway car and the study of the stressed-deformed state of the main load-bearing elements of the car body under the influence of operational loads. When performing strength calculations for the metal structure of the scale-testing railway car, the wall thickness is adopted, taking into account its reduction due to the average wear (corrosion) value. This determines whether the structure of the scale-testing railway car can withstand the existing wear (corrosion) loads required by the standards.