Over the past 20 years, there have been at least 10 derailments due to spike fastener fatigue failures in North America. These fatigue failures have been considered a moderate to severe challenge that require manual walking inspections that are both time and labor intensive. These fatigue failures have been found to result from spike overloading due to lateral and longitudinal loads. To date, there has been limited quantification of the vertical, lateral, and longitudinal fastener forces in track. This paper quantifies the effect of fastener type on fastener load to account for various track types and locations. Laboratory experimentation was performed to quantify the stiffness of multiple fastening systems and this data was input into a previously validated analytical model to quantify the effect of stiffness on fastener loading. Additional laboratory experimentation was performed to quantify the relationships between both fastening system type and vertical loading and spike strain. While the laboratory data indicate a significant variance in stiffness between fastening systems, the model results indicate that the load transferred to the fastening system is less sensitive. However, spike strain data indicate the load path was affected by fastener type and vertical load. The characterization of longitudinal stiffness of multiple fastening systems and the relationship to spike load as presented can be used to advance track mechanistic-empirical design and improve rail neutral temperature prediction and track buckling models.


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    Title :

    Quantification of longitudinal fastener stiffness and the effect on fastening system loading demand




    Publication date :

    2023-03-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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