Prestressed concrete sleepers are generally designed taking into account the influence of the dynamic wheel load. In Japan, the dynamic wheel load factor of 2.0 has been typically used for the serviceability limit state since the 1950s. However, there are few examples that have proved its validity. In this study, field measurement tests and three-dimensional numerical analysis were conducted for prestressed concrete sleepers laid on a straight section of a railway track with continuously welded rails. According to the results of the field tests, the measured dynamic wheel load factor was less than the conventionally used dynamic wheel load factor of 2.0, and the bending moments exceeding the full prestress condition, i.e. the compressive stress on all sections, were generated in some cases. Furthermore, even with the prestressed concrete sleepers of the same type laid continuously, the bending moment was increased more than three times due to the support conditions of the prestressed concrete sleepers and the rail roughness. Results of the numerical analyses also revealed that the bending moment was increased more than two times because of the hanging (unsupported) sleepers, and the tensile stress of the prestressed concrete sleeper exceeded 3 N/mm2 when the rail roughness was approximately 2 mm or more. Based on this investigation, the validity of the dynamic wheel load factor of 2.0 was proved.


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    Titel :

    Validation of a dynamic wheel load factor and the influence of various track irregularities on the dynamic response of prestressed concrete sleepers


    Beteiligte:
    Watanabe, Tsutomu (Autor:in) / Goto, Keiichi (Autor:in) / Matsuoka, Kodai (Autor:in) / Minoura, Shintaro (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-11-01


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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