• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2016

This paper deals with contents on the estimation of rail beam from the geotechnical engineering aspect. Rail beam is reinforced rail installed on the inside and outside of rail to prevent differential settlement during the construction period of railroad crossing construction. Such rail beam is frequently being installed to ensure stability of existing railroad facilities because of increasing constructions of underground structures crossing railroad in recent. However, there is a difficulty in design due to lack of design standard on rail beam length. Furthermore, derailing accidents are also occurring as a result of rail beam length shortage. Accordingly, this paper presented flow chart based on the classification into soil ground and bedrock ground for the rail beam length estimation. In addition, case study was conducted on rail combination and location through which effective rail combination and location were ensured.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.5-16
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• 1999

1830년에는 영국의 Clarence가 16.4 kg/m의 압연레일을 제작하였다. 이것은 그후 영국에서 널리 사용되었던 우두(牛頭)레일(bull-head rail)이라 부르는 형의 원조라고도 한다. 1837년에는 영국의 J. Locke가 그림 9와 같은 쌍두(雙頭)레일(double head rail)을 고안하였다. 쌍두레일은 두부와 저부가 같은 단면으로 하여 레일 교환시에 상하를 전도하여 다시 사용할 목적이 있었다. 그러나, 목적에 반하여 경년(經年)과 함께 레일 하부의 레일을 지지하는 체어(chair)부에 접하는 개소가 손상하기 때문에 저부를 주행면으로 사용하기에는 지장이 생기기 쉽고, 이때문에 영국에서는 1844년에 고안된 우두레일로 바뀌었다. 이것은 두부와 저부의 단면이 대칭적이지 않고 두부가 약간 크다. 이 레일은 제조상 비교적 압연이 용이하고 냉각이 보다 빠르기 때문에 똑바른 레일을 얻기가 쉽지만, 레일의 횡방향 안정성 등에 문제가 있다. (중략)

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.1191-1198
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• 2015

In this study, vehicle/track interaction analysis by the Saemaul powered vehicle was carried out. The prediction equation for the bending stress of rail was estimated using the rail bending stress by the rail surface irregularities at welds. Also, the fatigue analysis using a S-N curve of welds in the conventional railway was carried out. We estimated the fatigue life of CWR by the fracture probability. By the rail grinding, the fatigue life of CWR was evaluated in consideration to reduce the rail bending stress through removing the rail surface irregularities. Therefore, it presented the fatigue life of CWR according to the rail grinding execution plan in the conventional railway.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.577-582
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• 2010

The importance of maintenance of rail surface defects is increasing according to the KTX operation. That is because during high speed operation of rolling stocks, rail surface defects shorten fatigue life of rail, accelerate track degradation and deteriorate ride comfort. Rail grinding has been applied for effective rail maintenance in Kyeong-Bu HS line. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of rail grinding in term of rail fatigue life. To this end, the stresses of the rail are measured under KTX running and the equivalent stress range is calculated by RMC after the frequency analysis done with rainflow counting method. Also, The Modified Miner's rule is applied to predict the fatigue life of ground rail. The result of the analysis shows that the fatigue life of ground rail is increased by 15%.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.15-20
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• 1999

철도의 초창기부터 선로 기술자들은 다음과 같은 목적을 위하여 최적의 궤도 표준을 달성하도록 노력하여 왔다. ㆍ 레일 이음매 보수의 제거 ㆍ 궤도 수명의 증가 ㆍ 더 높은 운전 속도와 더 무거운 하중을 위한 시설의 마련 ㆍ 승차감의 개선 이들 목적을 달성함에 있어 오랜 기간을 통하여 진보가 이루어져 왔으며, 이것은 장척과 장대 레일의 생산에서 가장 중요한 용접의 기술에 크게 의지하였다. 본고에서는 장대용접레일의 생산과 관련된 플래시 버트(Flash butt) 용접 기술의 원리와 고속철도용 장대용접 레일의 생산 등을 위하여 건설된 중앙궤도기지의 시설과 설비에 관하여 간략하게 소개한다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.352-359
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• 2003

철도나 고속철도 교량에 사용되는 장대레일은 차량에 의한 동적충격의 완화, 주행시 승차감의 향상과 같은 장점을 가져온 반면에, 인접한 교량의 연결부에서 레일과 교량 상부구조간의 거동 불일치로 인해 레일에 부가적인 응력을 발생시킨다. 이러한 부가적인 레일응력과 지반운동의 특성에 따른 구조적 응답의 민감도 및 열차의 안전한 정지를 고려하여, 지진 발생시 고속철도교량의 장대레일 응력을 해석하기 위해 레일의 재료비선형성, 지반운동의 위상차 등을 고려한 비선형 시간이력해석 방법을 제시하였다. 그리고 우리나라의 여러 지반조건을 고려하고 고속철도의 대표적인 연속교량 모델에 적용하여 제시한 방법의 타당성을 검토하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.138-146
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• 2010

DC railway power supply system generally uses the running rails as negative-polarity return conductor for traction load current, and the induced rail potential and stay current cause serious problems to any electrified matter in the underground and also safety problems to human body. This paper presents a new algorithm for the analysis of the rail potential and the stray current in DC railway power system operated under independent/parallel power feeding mode. The effect of load current fluctuation during train operation is also calculated by using TPS(Train Performance Simulation) program to analysis the variation of the railway potential and stray current along railway track. Simulation program is developed based on the proposed algorithm and case studies are provided.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.489-497
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• 2016

The rail fastening system, which provides a structural connection between the rail and the sleepers, is a main track component that plays an important role in retaining the rail gauge within acceptable tolerances, as well as in passing the train load to the roadbed through the sleepers. In this paper, a modal test was first performed to evaluate the dynamic characteristics (e.g., natural frequency) of the clips of the railway fastening system under the condition of rail corrugation in urban railway operation. The corrugation-induced passing frequency was then compared with the natural frequency of the clips to investigate any resonance effect during train passage. Furthermore, a field test under train passage was conducted to measure the accelerations on the rail and the rail fastening clips as well as the strains on the rail fastening clips in the rail corrugation condition. The field measurements indicated that the accelerations on the rail and the rail fastening clips have a close relationship with the rail corrugation, but they had a minimal effect on the strains of the rail fastening clips.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.315-323
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• 2010

It is suggested that the service life of the continuous welded rail(CWR) is estimated by the relationship between the rail surface irregularity according to the accumulated passing tonnage and bending fatigue of welded part in CWR. In this study, it measured bending stress of rail according to the rail surface irregularity in the concrete track on the Seoul Metro. In addition, the relationship between rail surface irregularity and bending stress in concrete track is analyzed by results of the field test. Finally, this study clarified the relationship among bending stress(Y) of rail, train speed(U), rail surface irregularity(v, w) in concrete track. The result of this study is able to use the basis data to establishing the periodic replacements criterion of CWR.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.8-14
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• 2001

레일의 이음매부는 상시 차륜에 의한 충격ㆍ진동이 크기 때문에 이음판ㆍ볼트의 이완, 레일 단부의 변형ㆍ손상, 도상 자갈의 파괴ㆍ세립화의 발생 등 궤도 관리상의 최약점 개소로 되어 있다. 지금까지 이와 같은 이음매부를 줄이기 위하여 수송밀도가 높은 주요 간선에 대하여 용접에 의한 레일의 장대화가 진행되고 있으며, 또한 구조물 주변의 보수가 곤란한 개소 및 도시 구간에서의 소음ㆍ진동 대책뿐만 아니라 궤도 보수 작업의 경감과 열차의 고속화ㆍ승차감의 개선 등에 레일 용접이 크게 공헌하고 있다. (중략)