A critical review on the vertical stiffness irregularity of railway ballasted track

C Shi, Y Zhou, L Xu, X Zhang, Y Guo - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamic performance of a railway track subjected to moving trains depends strongly on
track support conditions. In reality, even for the well-constructed and well-maintained tracks …

[HTML][HTML] A novel modelling method for heavy-haul train-track-long-span bridge interaction considering an improved track-bridge relationship

Q He, S Li, Y Yang, S Zhu, K Wang, W Zhai - Mechanical Systems and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A ballasted track system is a multi-layer elastic structure that exhibits complicated
mechanical behaviour under trainloads. Therefore, accurate modelling of these structures is …

Mechanism of sleeper–ballast dynamic impact and residual settlements accumulation in zones with unsupported sleepers

M Sysyn, M Przybylowicz, O Nabochenko, J Liu - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unsupported sleepers or void zones in ballasted tracks are one of the most recent and
frequent track failures. The void failures have the property of intensive development that …

Identification of sleeper support conditions using mechanical model supported data-driven approach

M Sysyn, M Przybylowicz, O Nabochenko, L Kou - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ballasted track superstructure is characterized by a relative quick deterioration of track
geometry due to ballast settlements and the accumulation of sleeper voids. The track zones …

Real-time evaluation of mechanical qualities of ballast bed in railway tamping maintenance

L Gao, S Shi, Y Zhong, M Xu, Y Xiao - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Real-time evaluation of the mechanical qualities of ballast beds is essential for improving
tamping effort in railway maintenance. This study aims at evaluating the mechanical …

Analysis on dynamic behavior of 400 km/h high-speed train system under differential settlement of subgrade

K Zhang, X Zhang, S Zhou - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Whether the existing ballastless track subgrade settlement control standard of 350 km/h is
applicable to the high-speed train of 400 km/h remains to be further research. This paper …

Investigations on the influence of prestressed concrete creep on train-track-bridge system

P Xiang, W Huang, L Jiang, D Lu, X Liu… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to long-term operation of prestressed concrete railway bridges, the girder body
will arch because of creep, which may influence the running stability of high-speed trains …

Dynamic performance comparison of different types of ballastless tracks using vehicle-track-subgrade coupled dynamics model

M Chen, Y Sun, S Zhu, W Zhai - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to evaluate the dynamic performance of different types of ballastless
tracks, including the CRTS II, CRTS III as well as CRTS DB, subjected to a moving high …

Modelling of vehicle-track related dynamics: a development of multi-finite-element coupling method and multi-time-step solution method

L Xu, Z Li, Y Zhao, Z Yu, K Wang - Vehicle System Dynamics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, modelling methods are developed to achieve dynamics exploration for the
vehicle–track system and its substructures. First, a coupled model, with the satisfaction of …

A method for vehicle–track–soil interaction analysis considering soil deformation

Z Li, L Xu, W Wang - Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 2022 - Springer
In this work, an engineering practical method is put forward to characterize the static and
dynamic mapping relationship between soil deformation and its induced system …