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Vehicle/Track Impact Due to Passing the Transition between a Floating Slab and Ballasted Track

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Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems

Part of the book series: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design ((NNFM,volume 99))

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When a train runs over the transition between a floating slab track (FST) and ballasted track, wheel/rail impact forces arise because of the stiffness difference between the two kinds of track. A time-domain model is developed for the vehicle/track interaction and the characteristics of the impact are analyzed by numerical simulation using the model. Calculation results show that the wheel/rail impact load at the transition is moderate and its peak-to-peak value is only about 24 percent of the static load at a vehicle speed of 60 m/s.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China

    Z. G. Li & T. X. Wu

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Burkhard Schulte-Werning David Thompson Pierre-Etienne Gautier Carl Hanson Brian Hemsworth James Nelson Tatsuo Maeda Paul de Vos

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Li, Z.G., Wu, T.X. (2008). Vehicle/Track Impact Due to Passing the Transition between a Floating Slab and Ballasted Track. In: Schulte-Werning, B., et al. Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74893-9_13

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