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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2011.14.6.526

Determination of Upper Limit of Rail Pad Stiffness for Ballasted and Concrete Track of High-Speed Railway Considering Running Safety  

Yang, Sin-Chu (한국철도기술연구원 고속철도연구본부)
Jang, Seung-Yup (한국철도기술연구원 신교통연구본부)
Kim, Eun (한국철도기술연구원 고속철도연구본부)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.14, no.6, 2011 , pp. 526-534 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, proposed is the methodology to determine the upper limit for stiffness of rail pad for the ballasted and concrete track in high-speed railway in the viewpoint of running safety, considering the dynamic characteristics of train and track and the operation environment. For the track irregularity, one of the most important input parameters for traintrack interaction analysis, the reference vertical track irregularity PSDs(power spectral densities) for the ballasted and concrete track in a wide range of frequencies were proposed based on those presented in France and Germany and that obtained from the measured data at Kyeong-Bu 1st phase high-speed railway line. Using these reference PSD models, the input data for the vertical track irregularity data were regenerated by random generation process, and then, the wheel load reduction rates according to the stiffness of the rail pads have been calculated by the train-track interaction analysis technique. Finally, by comparing the wheel load reduction rates calculated with the derailment criteria prescribed in the Korean standards for railway vehicle safety criteria, the upper limits for the stiffness of rail pad have been proposed.
Keywords
rail pad; high-speed railway; train-track interaction analysis; track irregularity; power spectral density(PSD);
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