Performance Evaluation a Combined Transition System in Slab-Ballasted Railway Track Using a Vehicle-Track-Substructure Interaction Model

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Abrupt stiffness variations along the railway track may increase the geometrical and mechanical defects of railway lines. The conjunction points of a railway track with concrete and ballast pavements, which are called slab-ballasted track transitions, are one of the main areas where vertical track stiffness changes sharply. Therefore, the potential benefits of a combined transition system along the slab-ballasted transition, made of an approach slab and additional rails, are studied in this paper. For this purpose, a vehicle-track-substructure interaction model, which included three main segments of the railway track (slab track, transition zone, and ballasted track) was programmed based on the finite element method. A test line with the mentioned combined transition system was built to measure the railway track responses through field study. Then, the three-dimensional (3D) numerical model was validated using the results obtained from the experimental tests. Afterwards, a number of parametric studies were performed to analyze the dynamic responses of the combined transition zone. The results indicated that this type of transition system promotes a smoother stiffness transition between the slab track segment and the ballasted track segment by making the transition in three gradual steps. The track displacements in the analyzed case-study gradually increased by about 22%, 28%, and 34% along the combined transition zone in the junction points of the slab and ballasted tracks.

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