Evaluation of conventional methods in analysis and design of railway track system

International Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-56

  Sadeghi, J ^a   Barati, P ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Design criteria; Railway track; Track components; Track design procedure

Indexed keywords

RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS;

'CURRENT; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DESIGN CRITERIA; DESIGN PROCEDURE; RAILWAY TRACK; TRACK COMPONENTS; TRACK DESIGN; TRACK DESIGN PROCEDURE; TRACK SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953072266     PISSN: 17350522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Kerr, A.D., "Fundamentals of Railway Track Engineering", Simmons-Boardman Books, Inc, 2003.
2. Esveld, C., "Modern Railway Track", MRT-Productions, the Netherlands, 2001.
3. Boresi, A.P., Schmidt, R.J., 2003, "Advanced Mechanics of Materials", 6th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY: Chap. 5, 10.
4. Sadeghi, J., and Yoldashkhan, M., 2005, "Investigation on the accuracy of current practices in analysis of railway track sleepers", International Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 9-15.
5. American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of way Association, Manual for Railway Engineering, Volume 4, Chapter 16, Part 10, "Economics of Railway Engineering and Operations-Construction and Maintenance Operations", 2006.
6. Robnett, Q.L., Thompson, M.R., Hay, W.W., Tayabji, S.D., Peterson, H.C., Knutson, R.M., and Baugher, R.W., "Technical Data Bases Report", Ballast and Foundation Materials Research Program, FRA Report No. FRA-OR&D-76-138, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, USA, 1975.
7. Eisenmann, J., "Stress Distribution in the Permanent way due to Heavy Axle Loads and High Speeds", AREMA Proceedings, Vol. 71, pp. 24-59, 1970.
8. Smith, J.O., and Liu, C.K., 1953, "Stresses Due to Tangential and Normal Loads on an Elastic Solid with Application to some Contact Stress Problems", Transactions of ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics, pp. 157-166.
9. Lundgren, J.R., Martin, G.C., and Hay, W.W., "A Simulation Model of Ballast Support and the Modulus of Track Elasticity", (Masters Thesis), Civil Engineering Studies, Transportation Series, No. 4, University of Illinios, 1970.
10. Hay, W.W., Schuch, P.M., Frank, M.W., and Milskelsen, M.J., "Evaluation of Rail Sections", 2nd Progress Report, Civil Eng., Transportation Series No. 9, Univ. Illinois Project No. 44-22-20-332, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, 1973.
11. Danzing J. C., Hay W., and Reinschmidt A., "Procedures for analyzing the economic costs of railway roadway for pricing purposes", Volume 1 and 2, Report No. RPD-11-CM-R, Tops on-line Service Inc, 1976.
12. American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, Manual for Railway Engineering, Volume 1, Chapter 30, Part 1, "Ties - General Considerations", 2006.
13. International Union of Railways, "Design of Monoblock Concrete Sleepers", UIC CODE, 713 R, 1st Edition, 2004.
14. Australian Standard, AS 1085.14, Railway track materials, Part 14: "Prestressed Concrete Sleepers", 2002.
15. Australian Standard, AS 1085.17, Railway Track Materials, Part 17: "Steel Sleepers", 2002.
16. Sadeghi, J., 2008, "Experimental Evaluation of Accuracy of Current Practices in Analysis and Design of Railway Track Sleepers", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. Vol. 35, pp. 881-893.
17. Doyle, N.F., "Railway Track Design: A Review of Current Practice", Occasional Paper No. 35, Bureau of Transport Economics, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1980.
18. American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, Manual for Railway Engineering, Volume 1, Chapter 30, Part 4, "Ties - Concrete Ties". 2006.
19. American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, Manual for Railway Engineering, Volume 1, Chapter 5, Part 9, "Track - Design Qualification Specifications for Elastic Fasteners on Timber Cross Ties", 2006.
20. Australian Standard, AS 1085.19, Railway track materials, Part 19: "Resilient fastening assemblies", 2002.
21. European Committee for Standardization, EN 13146-1, Railway Applications - Track, Test Methods for Fastening Systems, Part 1: "Determination of Longitudinal Rail Restraint", 2002.
22. European Committee for Standardization, EN 13146-2, Railway Applications - Track, Test Methods for Fastening Systems, Part 2: "Determination of Torsional Rail Resistance", 2002.
23. European Committee for Standardization, EN 13146-3, Railway Applications - Track, Test Methods for Fastening Systems, Part 3: "Determination of Attenuation of Impact Loads", 2002.
24. European Committee for Standardization, EN 13146-4, Railway Applications - Track, Test Methods for Fastening Systems, Part 4: "Effect of Repeated Loading", 2002.
25. European Committee for Standardization, EN 13146-7, Railway Applications - Track, Test Methods for Fastening Systems, Part 7: "Determination of Clamping Force", 2002.
26. Office of Research and Experiments (ORE), Stresses in the Formation, Question D17, "Stresses in the Rails, the Ballast and the