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    USE OF A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR ASSESSING DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF A RAILWAY STRUCTURE

    Girardi, L. / Recchia, P. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1992
    supporting structures (slabs, bridges). The scope of the present study is more particularly dedicated to the dynamical behaviour of the track and its ...

    Dynamic Interaction between Wheel and Track - A Parametric Search towards an Optimal Design of Rail Structures

    Nielsen, J.C.O. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1994

    The dynamic vertical interaction between a moving rigid wheel and a flexible railway track is

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    FORCED OSCILLATIONS OF INFINITE PERIODIC STRUCTURES. APPLICATIONS TO RAILWAY TRACK DYNAMICS

    BELOTSERKOVSKIY, P.M. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1998
    , are considered. One can see two periodicities in railway tracks whose periods are equal to the rail length and sleeper spacing, respectively ...

    Fatigue Life Prediction of a Railway Bogie under Dynamic Loads through Simulation

    DIETZ, STEFAN / NETTER, HELMUTH / SACHAU, DELF | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1998
    the ride on a straight track the equations of motion can be linearized and the covariance matrix of the loads is calculated. The ride through ...

    Effects of Stray Currents on Performance of Metallic Reinforcements in Reinforced Earth Structures

    Sankey, John E. / Anderson, Peter L. | Transportation Research Record | 1999

    For two decades, designers of railway systems worldwide have found Reinforced Earth to be ideally suited for support of track beds and

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    Metro-North’s Cortlandt Station: Regional Intermodal Success Story

    Bennett, Christopher K. | Transportation Research Record | 1999

    The Metro-North Commuter Railroad was created in 1983 to operate, maintain, and manage the commuter railroads that were abandoned by

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    Do North American Railroads Understand Their Costs?: Implications for Strategic Decision Making

    Resor, Randolph R. / Thompson, Gregory L. | Transportation Research Record | 1999
    train and engine workforce and through abandonment of a large part of the national rail network. Reductions in the workforce and in track ...

    Estimation of Investment in Track and Structures Needed to Handle 129 844-kg (286,000-lb) Railcars on Short-Line Railroads

    Resor, Randolph R. / Zarembski, Allan M. / Patel, Pradeep K. | Transportation Research Record | 2001
    determine the quantities of track materials, bridge repairs, and replacements needed to handle heavier cars. Using standard railroad industry unit ...

    Analysis of stray current, track-to-earth potentials and substation negative grounding in DC traction electrification system

    Pham, K.D. / Thomas, R.S. / Stinger, W.E. | IEEE | 2001
    resistances and develop the track-to-earth potentials and stray current relationships within a segment of track. We then expand the model to include ...

    Dynamic effects of vehicles on tracks in the case of raising train speeds

    Zhai, W. M. / Wang, Q. C. / Lu, Z. W. et al. | SAGE Publications | 2001
    railway main lines. A theoretical model and the corresponding simulation software, VICT, based on the vehicle-track coupling dynamics are employed ...
    Keywords: railway wheel flat , train-track interaction , railway bridge-subgrade connection , track dynamics

    Dynamic Train-Track Interaction: Variability Attributable to Scatter in the Track Properties

    Oscarsson, Johan | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2002

    A numerical method to simulate vertical dynamic interaction between a rolling train and a railway track has been used to investigate the

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    Mathematical model of dynamic interaction between wheel-set and rail track

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    Gintautas Bureika / Rimantas SubaÄius | DOAJ | 2002
    and a flexible railway track is investigated. A round and smooth wheel tread and an initially straight and non-corrugated rail surface are ...
    Keywords: track tensions

    Mathematical model of dynamic interaction between wheel-set and rail track

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    G. Bureika / R. Subačius | DOAJ | 2002
    and a flexible railway track is investigated. A round and smooth wheel tread and an initially straight and non-corrugated rail surface are ...
    Keywords: track tensions

    An economic analysis of track maintenance costs

    Johansson, Per / Nilsson, Jan-Eric | Elsevier | 2003
    Swedish and Finnish railway data for the years 1994–1996 and 1997–1999, respectively. To derive insights on the logic of spending on track ...
    Keywords: Swedish railway , Finnish railway , Track maintenance

    Rail car impact tests with steel coil: collision dynamics

    Jacobsen, K. / Tyrell, D. / Perlman, B. | IEEE | 2003
    force/crush behavior of the end structures, and the deformation of major elements in the end structures were measured during the tests. During ...

    Behavior of Railway Bridges and Other Railway Infrastructure in Three Strong to Great Earthquakes in 2001

    Byers, William G. | Transportation Research Record | 2004
    other railroad structures, there was widespread damage and destruction of masonry buildings, severe damage to a pedestrian viaduct over a ...

    Trackbed Deflection under Combined Freight and High Speed Passenger Service

    Sussmann, Theodore R. / Ebersohn, Willem / Tomas, Michael et al. | ASCE | 2004

    An instrumentation program was undertaken to evaluate the relative damage to railway track from various classes of traffic: loaded

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    Keywords: Retaining structures , Railroad tracks

    Ride comfort of high-speed trains travelling over railway bridges

    Kargarnovin, MH / Younesian, D / Thompson, D et al. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2005
    ballast stiffness. The influence of the track irregularity and train speed on two comfort indicators, namely Sperling's comfort index and the ...

    Replacement of the Merchants Bridge Deck Truss Spans

    Petermeier, David / Lasseigne, Mark / Kober, Aaron | ASCE | 2006

    The Merchants Bridge is a two-track railroad structure that crosses the upper Mississippi River at Mile 183.2, just north of downtown St

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    Numerical analysis of track: Structure interaction and time domain resonance

    Petrangeli, M / Tamagno, C / Tortolini, P | SAGE Publications | 2008
    This paper illustrates the mechanics of track—structure interaction and resonance, and the finite-element (FE) modelling of railway girders ...
    Keywords: track—structure interaction

    New Decision Support System for Optimization of Rail Track Maintenance Planning Based on Adaptive Neurofuzzy Inference System

    Dell'Orco, Mauro / Ottomanelli, Michele / Caggiani, Leonardo et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2008

    It is well known that maintenance planning affects, in general, the life of the structures, material wear, and quality of service. In

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    Analysis of dynamic behaviour of low vibration track under wheel load drop by a finite element method algorithm

    Zhu, J-Y | SAGE Publications | 2008
    (developed from point-to-surface contact elements), the vibration responses were simulated for the two alternative railway track structures impacted ...
    Keywords: low vibration track

    The Key Construction Technologies of Embedded and Large Span Tunnel in Soft Flow Mucky Ground

    Li, Hongjian | ASCE | 2008

    There is a 333.586 m length tunnel for parking and cross-over track at the north Gulou station between Gulou station and Xuanwumen

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    Keywords: Railroad stations

    Numerical Simulation of Wheel/Rail Noise of the Ballastless Track

    Yang, Xinwen / Yan, Caiyun | ASCE | 2009
    predict wheel/rail noise emissions caused by train running on the ballastless track of high speed railway, the vehicle-track coupled dynamics and ...
    Keywords: Highways and roads , Railroad ballast , Railroad tracks

    Preparation Technique for Prestressed Concrete Beam Used in Ballastless Track

    Ma, Kunlin / Xie, Youjun | ASCE | 2009
    track structures of high speed railway. High stability, symmetrical stiffness, high geometric regularity and uniform, good durability and low ...
    Keywords: Highways and roads , Railroad ballast

    Stress Dependence of Ultrasonic Guided Waves in Rails

    Bartoli, Ivan / Phillips, Robert / Coccia, Stefano et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2010
    railway owners and operators. This paper presents numerical results on the dynamic behavior of CWRs subjected to a static axial stress. The ...

    Optimization of alignment considering ride comfort for superimposition of vertical and horizontal curves

    Um, J H / Choi, I Y / Yang, S C et al. | SAGE Publications | 2011
    curves to enhance train ride comfort and running stability when horizontal and vertical curves are superimposed in the case of railway ...
    Keywords: railway alignment

    Analysis of the railway track as a spatially periodic structure

    García-Palacios, J / Samartín, A / Melis, M | SAGE Publications | 2012
    This article presents a new and computationally efficient method of analysis of a railway track modelled as a continuous beam of 2N ...
    Keywords: railway track analysis , periodic structures

    Use of I-Beam Grillages and Box Girders in High Speed Railway Projects

    Rosignoli, Chiara / Rosignoli, Marco | ASCE | 2012
    dynamic analysis of peak resonant accelerations for checks of track stability and strength checks for the dynamic allowance resulting from ...

    Acoustic Assessment of Micro-pressure Wave Emissions from High-Speed Railway Tunnels

    Gerbig, Ch. / Degen, K. G. | Springer Verlag | 2012
    well as micro-pressure effects on the structures of neighboring buildings and secondary acoustical effects by structural vibration excitation ...
    Keywords: Slab Track

    Dynamic Amplification Factor for Light Rail Vehicle Transiting Box-Girder Bridge

    Feenstra, Peter / Isenberg, Jeremy | ASCE | 2012
    detailed, dynamic three-dimensional finite element analysis combining models of the bridge, including curvature, and of a moving vehicle including ...
    Keywords: Railroad bridges

    Mechanical characterization of railway structures based on vertical stiffness analysis and railway substructure stress state

    Montalbán, Laura / Real, Julia / Real, Teresa | SAGE Publications | 2013
    parameters for railway structures: track stiffness and stress supported by the railway platform. Optimal combinations of superstructure, height ...
    Keywords: slab track , ballast track , Railway

    Track Design

    Tzanakakis, Konstantinos | Springer Verlag | 2013

    For many centuries, buildings and other structures were designed using common sense, trial and error, and rules

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    High-speed train–track–bridge dynamic interactions – Part II: experimental validation and engineering application

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    Zhai, Wanming / Wang, Shaolin / Zhang, Nan et al. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2013
    Beijing–Tianjin high-speed railway, and then the experimental results are used to validate the train–track–bridge interaction simulation software ...
    Keywords: train–track–bridge interaction , high-speed railway

    Comparative analysis of calculation models of railway subgrade

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    I.O. Sviatko / D.O. Yampolskiy / V.D. Petrenko | DOAJ | 2013
    Purpose. In transport engineering structures design, the primary task is to determine the parameters of foundation soil and nuances of its ...
    Publisher: Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies

    Dynamic simulation studies and experiments on rubber structures used in rail vehicles

    Luo, Robert K / Wu, Xiaoping / Mortel, William J | SAGE Publications | 2013
    suspensions and engine installations on a railway vehicle show little change under both the tare and loaded conditions in service. The steady state ...
    Keywords: railway vehicle suspensions

    Comparative analysis of calculation models of railway subgrade.
    Сравнительный анализ расчетных моделей железнодорожного земляного полотна.
    Порівняльний аналіз розрахункових моделей залізничного земляного полотна

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    Petrenko, V. D. / Yampolskiy, D. O. / Sviatko, I. O. | Scientific Periodicals of Ukraine | 2013
    Purpose. In transport engineering structures design, the primary task is to determine the parameters of foundation soil and nuances of its ...
    Publisher: Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies

    Identifying frost-susceptible areas on Finnish railways using the ground penetrating radar technique

    Silvast, Mika / Nurmikolu, Antti / Wiljanen, Bruce et al. | SAGE Publications | 2013
    penetrating radar (GPR) technique has proven to be an effective and non-destructive method to measure railway structures and various material ...
    Keywords: railway structures

    Introduction

    Tzanakakis, Konstantinos | Springer Verlag | 2013
    that have to work together in a system. The railway track has to guide the trains in a safe and economic manner. The track and the switches ...

    Use of Aggressivity Functions in the Dimensioning of Simple-Span HSR Bridges

    Rosignoli, Chiara / Tenneti, Raja / Rosignoli, Marco | ASCE | 2013
    consequent partial wheel-rail contact, reduced passenger comfort, ballast destabilization, settlement of sleepers, and rapid deterioration of track ...
    Keywords: Railroad bridges

    Study of the Track–Train Continuous Information Transmission Process in a High-Speed Railway

    Zhao, Linhai / Cai, Baigen / Xu, Junjie et al. | IEEE | 2014
    In the experiments and practical applications in a high-speed railway, it is observed that the carrier frequency of the sampled signal in a ...

    Track geometry estimation from car-body vibration

    Tsunashima, Hitoshi / Naganuma, Yasukuni / Kobayashi, Takahito | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2014

    Track maintenance works based on track geometry recordings are essential to enhance the safety and comfort of railway transportation

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    Keywords: railway , track

    Investigation of Geogrid-Reinforced Railroad Ballast Behavior Using Large-Scale Triaxial Testing and Discrete Element Modeling

    Mishra, Debakanta / Qian, Yu / Kazmee, Hasan et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2014
    effective remedial measure when railroad track structures are susceptible to track geometry defects resulting from excessive movement and particle ...

    Effects of Sleeper Shape on Lateral Resistance of Railway Ballasted Tracks

    Hayano, Kimitoshi / Koike, Yohei / Nakamura, Takahisa et al. | ASCE | 2014
    of sleepers were prepared for model tests. Single-sleeper pullout tests and track panel pullout tests were conducted on the sleepers. The ...
    Keywords: Retaining structures

    Settlement of ballasted track under traffic loading: Application to transition zones

    Varandas, José N / Hölscher, Paul / Silva, Manuel AG | SAGE Publications | 2014
    Transition zones corresponding to the passage from railway tracks on embankment to natural ground or settlement free structures are ...
    Keywords: modelling train–track interaction

    THE BASING OF STABILIZATION PARAMETERS OF A FORTIFIED RAILWAY BED

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    V. D. Petrenko / O. L. Tiutkin / O. M. Kulazhenko et al. | DOAJ | 2014
    the leading role in transport system to ensure the needs of freight and passenger traffic. In modern conditions railway operation concentrates ...
    Publisher: Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies
    Keywords: railway bed

    Alleviation of numerical instability in geophone-based measurement of track vibrations by utilizing a priori information

    Joh, Sung-Ho / Rahman, Norinah Abd / Ramli, Bukhari et al. | Springer Verlag | 2014
    Abstract Deflections of structural elements like railway tracks and bridge spans, at which a reference point ...
    Keywords: track deflection

    GNSS for Train Localisation Performance Evaluation and Verification

    Lu, Debiao | DataCite | 2014
    train localisation in consideration of GNSS QoS and railway RAMS. The common and different properties of the performance are analysed in detail ...

    GNSS for Train Localisation Performance Evaluation and Verification ; Bewertung und Verifikation der Leistung der satellitenbasierten Zugortung

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    Lu, Debiao | BASE | 2014
    train localisation in consideration of GNSS QoS and railway RAMS. The common and different properties of the performance are analysed in detail ...

      GNSS for Train Localisation Performance Evaluation and Verification ; Bewertung und Verifikation der Leistung der satellitenbasierten Zugortung

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      Lu, Debiao | BASE | 2014
      train localisation in consideration of GNSS QoS and railway RAMS. The common and different properties of the performance are analysed in detail ...
      Publisher: TU Braunschweig: LeoPARD - Publications And Research Data

    Design and construction of backfills for railway track transition zones

    Paixão, André / Fortunato, Eduardo / Calçada, Rui | SAGE Publications | 2015
    The initial geometry of a railway track continually degrades over its life-cycle. Changes in the track alignment give rise to variations in ...
    Keywords: backfill design and construction , Railway transition zones , track degradation