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Transient Vibrations of Railway Track Elements and the Influence of Support Conditions

Authors : Emina Balic, Ciaran McNally

Published in: Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications II

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

An analysis of the dynamic characteristics of railway track elements is presented within the paper. A short review of ballast condition influence on dynamics of railway track is provided. Ballast stiffness degradation and lack of ballast support are the severities that are taken into account. In addition results from transient vibration testing of in situ railway track elements are presented. Field testing focused on two track sections: one on an embankment with timber sleepers, the other close to a railway junction with concrete sleepers and the bedrock close to the surface. The impact hammer testing technique was utilized for acquiring the transient vibration data; corresponding accelerance functions are obtained for several railseats. The comparisons are made between acquired accelerance functions for sleepers from three different locations. Comments about results repeatability for tested railseats are also given. A link between obtained accelerance function and condition of supporting ballast layer is given.

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Metadata
Title
Transient Vibrations of Railway Track Elements and the Influence of Support Conditions
Authors
Emina Balic
Ciaran McNally
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications II

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-71320-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-71321-2

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71321-2_63

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