Abstract
The interspersed pattern sleeper, a spot replacement of old timber sleeper with concrete or composite counterparts, of railway track is often used as a temporary maintenance for secondary railway lines such as yards, balloon loops or siding. However, their negative effect on the railway has not been taken into account. It is observed that performance of interspersed tracks can quickly deteriorate after some years. On this ground, a nonlinear simulation of interspersed sleeper railway is conducted using the finite element program, STRAND7, so that the structural damage analysis can be conducted. Two moving point loads representing an axle load along each rail has been established to investigate the worst-case, potential actions for premature damage of sleepers and differential settlement of the track. Dynamic displacement and acceleration of sleeper are then evaluated by varying the speed of the moving force from 5 km/h to 120 km/h and the interspersed patterns to identify the causes of track deterioration and track differential settlement. The insight strongly demonstrates the potential cases and engineering guideline for interspersed railway tracks.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The 29th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics |
Editors | Ragnar Larsson |
Place of Publication | Gothenburg |
Publisher | Nordic Association for Computational Mechanics |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 29 Oct 2016 |
Event | The 29th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics - Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden , Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 26 Oct 2016 → 28 Oct 2016 http://www.chalmers.se/en/conference/nscm29/Pages/default.aspx |
Publication series
Name | Forskningsrapporter (Tillämpad mekanik) |
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Conference
Conference | The 29th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics |
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Country/Territory | Sweden |
City | Gothenburg |
Period | 26/10/16 → 28/10/16 |
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Bibliographical note
Kaewunruen, S. and Chamniprasart, K., (2016), Damage analysis of spot replacement sleepers interspersed in ballasted railway tracks, Proceedings of The 29th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 28-30 October 2016.Keywords
- Damage analysis
- ballasted railway track
- interspersed track
- spot replacement sleeper
- railway sleeper