A dynamic analysis of a continuous welded rail track under a longitudinal stress caused by temperature changes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-101

  Luo, Y ^a   Li, L ^a   Yin, H ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous welded rail track; Dynamic characteristics; Finite element method; Longitudinal stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTINUOUS WELDED RAILS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOUNDATION STIFFNESS; IN-FIELD; LONGITUDINAL STRESS; RAIL SECTIONS; RAIL WEAR; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; UNSUPPORTED SLEEPERS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; RAILS; STIFFNESS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77949894807     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT290     Document Type: Article

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