TY - JOUR
T1 - Methodology for the comprehensive analysis of railway transition zones
AU - Wang, Haoyu
AU - Markine, Valeri L.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - The paper presents a methodology for comprehensive analysis of railway transition zones (e.g. near bridges), including: an advanced measurement technique which uses a DIC-device to measure the dynamic displacements of rails at multiple locations along the track in transition zones; a Finite Element model of transition zones which considers stiffness variation, differential settlement, hanging sleepers, and vehicle dynamics; an iterative procedure to predict the track settlement in transition zones. An application is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodology. Experimental analysis, Short-term and Long-term numerical analysis, and Design variation analysis are performed on the transition zone.
AB - The paper presents a methodology for comprehensive analysis of railway transition zones (e.g. near bridges), including: an advanced measurement technique which uses a DIC-device to measure the dynamic displacements of rails at multiple locations along the track in transition zones; a Finite Element model of transition zones which considers stiffness variation, differential settlement, hanging sleepers, and vehicle dynamics; an iterative procedure to predict the track settlement in transition zones. An application is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the methodology. Experimental analysis, Short-term and Long-term numerical analysis, and Design variation analysis are performed on the transition zone.
KW - Dynamic behaviour
KW - Experimental analysis
KW - Finite element method
KW - Settlement prediction
KW - Transition zones
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043279096&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.03.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043279096
SN - 0266-352X
VL - 99
SP - 64
EP - 79
JO - Computers and Geotechnics
JF - Computers and Geotechnics
ER -