Rolling noise from running trains is significantly influenced by the wheel–rail combined roughness and the dynamic properties of the track. To facilitate predictions of vibration and noise, it is desirable to be able to determine these parameters accurately from field measurements. In this study, an inverse method for the determination of these parameters is adopted and enhanced. A track model that is based on a wavenumber finite element model of the free rail coupled to discrete supports, which allows for the pinned–pinned mode and cross–sectional deformation of the rail, has been used. The rail vibration induced by hammer impacts and the vibration during train passages are simulated using this model, and these results are then applied to illustrate the accuracy of the direct and indirect methods for the estimation of track decay rate. These methods are compared in a case study for a ballasted track for which hammer impact and train pass–by measurements have been obtained. Other track parameters can also be extracted from the measured data by using the advanced track model. Thereafter, a more complete method is adopted to estimate the wheel–rail combined roughness from the measured rail vibration under train passages. A comparison is made among the estimated roughness levels obtained from this full method, an existing simplified method and the direct measurement method. It is found that the simplified method overestimates the roughness around the pinned–pinned resonance frequency, but gives a good estimation if the track decay rates of the loaded track are used.


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    Title :

    Estimation of track parameters and wheel–rail combined roughness from rail vibration


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    Publication date :

    2018-04-01


    Size :

    19 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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