Nonlinear transient analysis of a railway concrete sleeper in a track system

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-520

  Kaewunruen, Sakdirat ^a   Remennikov, Alex M ^b  

^a Austrak Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexure; Nonlinear transient analysis; Railway concrete sleeper; Sleeper ballast interaction; Tensionless support

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ONTOLOGY; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; RAILS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; WHEELS;

BEAM ELEMENTS; CONCRETE SLEEPERS; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; DYNAMIC MAGNIFICATION FACTOR; ELASTIC SUPPORTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; FLEXURE; LOADING CONDITIONS; NONLINEAR TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; RAILWAY CONCRETE SLEEPER; RAILWAY CONCRETE SLEEPERS; RAILWAY SLEEPERS; SINUSOIDAL PULSE; SLEEPER-BALLAST INTERACTION; STATIC BENDING; TENSILE RESISTANCE; TENSIONLESS SUPPORT; TRACK SYSTEMS; WHEEL FORCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 49449110385     PISSN: 02194554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219455408002776     Document Type: Article

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