In railway turnout areas, vertical and horizontal structure irregularities, including geometry and stiffness, result in vibration amplification during the passage of trains. These vibrations can then spread to the surrounding environment. A steel spring floating slab track may be used to control such vibrations, especially in metro-type urban railways. An experimental study was conducted to investigate the vibration-mitigating effects of the floating slab track in turnout areas, and the results were compared with the performance of a regular slab track. Four test cases (consisting of six test sections) were selected: a floating slab track in the turnout zone (consisting of a switch rail section and a nose rail section), a floating slab track in the plain line, a slab track in the turnout zone (consisting of a switch rail section and a nose rail section), and a slab track in the plain line. The vibration characteristics of the floating slab track in the plain line and in the turnout were calculated to explain the test results. The test results indicate that when trains pass across the floating slab track in the turnout zone, the vertical vibration response is close to the horizontal response on the switch rail sections. The use of floating slab track can effectively reduce this vertical vibration. However, the vertical vibration response is much larger than the horizontal response on the nose rail sections of the turnout zone. When the floating slab track is used in these turnout zones, the vertical vibration of the rail decreases while the horizontal vibration increases. Compared to sections using the regular slab track in the turnout zone, the vibration of the floating slab track segments in the turnout zone is shown to be exacerbated, although the vibration level at the adjacent tunnel wall is effectively reduced.


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    Title :

    Experimental study of the vibration characteristics of the floating slab track in metro turnout zones


    Contributors:
    Jiang, Bolong (author) / Ma, Meng (author) / Li, Minghang (author) / Liu, Weining (author) / Li, Teng (author)


    Publication date :

    2019-11-01


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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