Abstract
Slab tracks are widely adopted in high-speed railway networks. Based on a critical literature review, most previous studies related to ground vibrations have been carried out with the traditional ballasted track. In order to highlight the ground vibration responses of high-speed railway with slab tracks induced by the wheel-rail dynamic interactions under the roughness of rail surface, a novel 3D coupled train-track-soil model is developed based on the multi-body simulation (MBS) principle, finite element modeling (FEM) theory, and perfectly matched layers (PML) method using LS-DYNA. This model has been validated against the field test results. The maximum displacement of the rail is obtained with various train speeds to investigate the critical speed of high-speed railway system. The vibration displacements and velocities of soils are then analyzed under normal and critical speeds. The train-track interactions are also presented. This study could provide new insight into the ground vibrations of high-speed railway with slab tracks in practice.
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This research was supported by the Key Research Development Program of China (No.2016YFC0802203-2, No.2016YFC0802203-3). The authors would like to acknowledge the China Scholarship Council for the financial support. The authors sincerely thank European Commission for H2020-MSCA-RISE Project No. 691135 “RISEN: Rail Infrastructure Systems Engineering Network,” which enables a global research network that tackles the grand challenge in railway infrastructure resilience and advanced sensing under extreme conditions (www.risen2rail.eu).
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Li, T., Su, Q., Kaewunruen, S. (2022). Investigation into Ground Vibration Responses of High-Speed Rail Slab Tracks Considering Train-Track-Soil Interactions. In: Tutumluer, E., Nazarian, S., Al-Qadi, I., Qamhia, I.I. (eds) Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 165. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77234-5_28
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