• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2018

Post-construction subgrade settlement especially differential settlement, has become a key issue in construction and operation of non-ballasted track on high-speed railway soil subgrade, which may also affect the dynamic performance of passing trains. To estimate the effect of differential subgrade settlement on the mechanical behaviors of the vehicle-slab track system, a detailed model considering nonlinear subgrade support and initial track state due to track self-weight is developed. Accordingly, analysis aiming at a typical high-speed vehicle coupled with a deteriorated slab track owing to differential subgrade settlement is carried out, in terms of two aspects: (i) determination of an initial mapping relationship between subgrade settlement and track deflections as well as contact state between track and subgrade based on a semi-analytical method; (ii) simulation of dynamic performance of the coupled system by employing a time integration approach. The investigation indicates that subgrade settlement results in additional track irregularity, and locally, the contact between the concrete track and the soil subgrade is prone to failure. Moreover, wheel-rail interaction is significantly exacerbated by the track degradation and abnormal responses occur as a result of the unsupported areas. Distributions of interlaminar contact forces in track system vary dramatically due to the combined effect of track deterioration and dynamic load. These may not only intensify the dynamic responses of the coupled system, but also have impacts on the long-term behavior of the track components.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.143-168
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• 2015

A numerical model for analyzing air-train-track interaction is proposed to investigate the dynamic behavior of a high-speed train running on a track in crosswinds. The model is composed of a train-track interaction model and a train-air interaction model. The train-track interaction model is built on the basis of the vehicle-track coupled dynamics theory. The train-air interaction model is developed based on the train aerodynamics, in which the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method is employed to deal with the dynamic boundary between the train and the air. Based on the air-train-track model, characteristics of flow structure around a high-speed train are described and the dynamic behavior of the high-speed train running on track in crosswinds is investigated. Results show that the dynamic indices of the head car are larger than those of other cars in crosswinds. From the viewpoint of dynamic safety evaluation, the running safety of the train in crosswinds is basically controlled by the head car. Compared with the generally used assessment indices of running safety such as the derailment coefficient and the wheel-load reduction ratio, the overturning coefficient will overestimate the running safety of a train on a track under crosswind condition. It is suggested to use the wheel-load reduction ratio and the lateral wheel-rail force as the dominant safety assessment indices when high-speed trains run in crosswinds.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2015

일반적으로 열차분야에서 분기기 시스템은 안전성과 직접적으로 연관되기 때문에 높은 신뢰성이 요구된다. 특히 자기부상열차의 분기기 시스템은 대차가 궤도를 감싸는 구조적 특징으로, 고가궤도 전체가 움직여야 한다. 이러한 이유로 자기부상열차의 분기기는 강 재질로 설계되었다. 강 거더의 분기기는 콘크리트 거더에 비하여 진동측면뿐만 아니라 거더의 처짐에도 취약하다. 그러므로 자기부상열차가 유연한 분기기 위를 통과 할 때, 부상안정성 예측이 매우 중요하다. 본 논문의 목표는 자기부상열차와 분기기 거더의 연성된 동역학 해석모델을 개발하고, 공진예측 및 차량의 부상안정성 예측에 있다. 이를 위해서 차량의 3차원 다물체 동역학 모델을 개발 하였고, 분기기 거더와 모달중첩법을 이용한 연성모델링을 수행하였다. 개발된 해석모델은 실측 실험과 비교를 통해서 해석모델의 타당성을 검증하였다.