Prestressed concrete sleepers (or railroad ties) are structural members that distribute the
wheel loads from the rails to the track support system. Over a period of time, the concrete …

This paper addresses the reliability analysis of high-speed railway bridges with stochastic
methods to account for uncertainties in the mechanical model. The emphasis is on ballasted …

A comprehensive investigation was carried out to analyze the vibration stability of a coupled
bogie system moving uniformly along a complexly modeled flexibly supported infinite high …

A comprehensive investigation was conducted to analyze the vibration stability of a bogie
that moves uniformly along a complexly modeled flexibly supported infinite Reddy-Bickford …

This contribution investigates the vertical coupling exerted by ballasted tracks on the vertical
response of bridges composed either of (i) several successive simply-supported spans with …

Structural health monitoring plays a significant role in providing information regarding the
performance of structures throughout their life spans. However, information that is directly …

Detecting resonant effects in bridges has been studied for many years, but it has only been
solved in a closed form for simple bridges. This article presents a simplified method that …

In this paper, the three-layer model of ballasted railway track with discrete supports is
analyzed to access its applicability. The model is referred as the discrete support model and …

A modular Bayesian method is applied for structural identification of a reduced-scale
aluminium bridge model subject to thermal loading. The deformation and temperature …

Abstracts To evaluate the dynamic reliability of railway systems comprehensively, the
amplitude, wavelength, and probability characteristics of track irregularities are considered …