Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure, 2019
In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkl... more In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkler foundation is proposed in order to point out the influence of the joint gap length upon the stiffness of the rail joint. Starting from the experimental results aiming the stiffness of the rail joint, the Winkler foundation stiffness of the model has been calculated. Using the proposed model, it is shown that the stiffness of the rail joint of the 49 rail can decreases up to 10 % when the joint gap length increases from 0 to 20 mm.
Jointed track is still used to build the secondary lines where the maximum speed does not exceed ... more Jointed track is still used to build the secondary lines where the maximum speed does not exceed 100-120 km/h. Jointed track construction is based by the fact that the rails are joined end-to-end via the rail joints in order to assure the continuity of the rolling surface of the rails. The rails are jointed using two metal joint bars (fishplates) bolted to the ends of adjoining rails. The rail joints are featured with small gaps to allow the thermic expansion of the rails when the environmental temperature is higher than that during the fitting. In this paper, an analytical model for the rail joint considering the influence of the joint gap is presented and analysed. The model consists of three Euler-Bernoulli beams, two for the rail ends of the rail joint and the third beam for the two joint bars, connected to the rail ends by a Winkler layer. The concept of weakness of the rail joint (rail joint deflection/continuous rail deflection) is introduced and used to analyse the static be...
Ride comfort is a reference point in evaluating the dynamic performance in railway vehicles. Ther... more Ride comfort is a reference point in evaluating the dynamic performance in railway vehicles. There are more methods to assess the ride comfort, depending on the traffic details and the specific needs of a railway administration. This paper focuses on the comfort index methods, in accordance with UIC Leaflet 513 R and the standard of railway applications ENV 12299, and the ride Sperling’s method, formulated by Sperling. A correlation is drawn between the comfort indices corresponding to the two methods, based on the link between the comfort and the values of these indices. The comfort indices derived from the two methods by numerical simulations help with validating the fact that, in general, the velocity influences the vertical ride comfort, and, in particular, the position of the carbody critical points, from the perspective of the ride comfort.
Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure, 2019
In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkl... more In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkler foundation is proposed in order to point out the influence of the joint gap length upon the stiffness of the rail joint. Starting from the experimental results aiming the stiffness of the rail joint, the Winkler foundation stiffness of the model has been calculated. Using the proposed model, it is shown that the stiffness of the rail joint of the 49 rail can decreases up to 10 % when the joint gap length increases from 0 to 20 mm.
Jointed track is still used to build the secondary lines where the maximum speed does not exceed ... more Jointed track is still used to build the secondary lines where the maximum speed does not exceed 100-120 km/h. Jointed track construction is based by the fact that the rails are joined end-to-end via the rail joints in order to assure the continuity of the rolling surface of the rails. The rails are jointed using two metal joint bars (fishplates) bolted to the ends of adjoining rails. The rail joints are featured with small gaps to allow the thermic expansion of the rails when the environmental temperature is higher than that during the fitting. In this paper, an analytical model for the rail joint considering the influence of the joint gap is presented and analysed. The model consists of three Euler-Bernoulli beams, two for the rail ends of the rail joint and the third beam for the two joint bars, connected to the rail ends by a Winkler layer. The concept of weakness of the rail joint (rail joint deflection/continuous rail deflection) is introduced and used to analyse the static be...
Ride comfort is a reference point in evaluating the dynamic performance in railway vehicles. Ther... more Ride comfort is a reference point in evaluating the dynamic performance in railway vehicles. There are more methods to assess the ride comfort, depending on the traffic details and the specific needs of a railway administration. This paper focuses on the comfort index methods, in accordance with UIC Leaflet 513 R and the standard of railway applications ENV 12299, and the ride Sperling’s method, formulated by Sperling. A correlation is drawn between the comfort indices corresponding to the two methods, based on the link between the comfort and the values of these indices. The comfort indices derived from the two methods by numerical simulations help with validating the fact that, in general, the velocity influences the vertical ride comfort, and, in particular, the position of the carbody critical points, from the perspective of the ride comfort.
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