The ballasted ladder track is a new type of longitudinal track. In this paper, to investigate its vibration reduction effect, both a laboratory test and in situ experiment were conducted. As the vibration sources, a newly designed drop weight impulse setup was employed in the laboratory test, and moving metro trains were employed in the in situ measurement. The vibration reduction effects of the ballasted track with ladder sleepers and regular concrete sleepers were compared. The results show that the ballasted ladder track can effectively decrease the peak value in the time domain and has the potential effect to control the environmental vibration in low frequencies. The shape of the sleeper can induce changes in the vibration field of the ballast.
An experimental study of vibration reduction of a ballasted ladder track
2017
Article (Journal)
English
An experimental study of vibration reduction of a ballasted ladder track
SAGE Publications | 2017
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