• Title/Summary/Keyword: Turnout on a sharp curves

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Cause analysis of the electric train derailment occurred in turnout on a sharp curves. (급곡선 분기기에서 발생한 전동열차 탈선사고의 원인분석)

  • Lee, Seungwon;Woo, Kwanje;Jeong, Chanmook
    • Journal of The Korean Society For Urban Railway
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.411-416
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    • 2018
  • It is generally not preferable to install a turnout on a sharp curves but it is not desirable for the safety of a train. However, in a mountainous area or a depot where a sufficient space can not be secured to secure a straight line. In this study, in order to analyze the cause of train derailment accident that occurred in the place where turnout is installed in a sharp curves, we performed derailment analysis using line data and accident vehicle data measured at the location where the accident occurred. This derailment coefficient maximum turnout at the start of the track and derailment curve analysis showed that even big enough to cause a derailment as 1.37 in size, which was found to be consistent with the actual site survey results derailment occurred.