NEW TRANSITION WEDGE DESIGN COMPOSED BY PREFABRICATED REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS

JULIA REAL-HERRAIZ; CLARA ZAMORANO-MARTÃN; TERESA REAL-HERRAIZ; SILVIA MORALES-IVORRA

NEW TRANSITION WEDGE DESIGN COMPOSED BY PREFABRICATED REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS

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JULIA REAL-HERRAIZ INSTITUTE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICS, POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-4182-4116
CLARA ZAMORANO-MARTÃN FOUNDATION FOR THE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING IN RAILWAYS
TERESA REAL-HERRAIZ INSTITUTE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICS, POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-2578-2902
SILVIA MORALES-IVORRA INSTITUTE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICS, POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-7233-737X

Keywords:

TRANSITION WEDGES, GRANULAR WEDGES, TRACK STIFFNESS, RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

Abstract

IMPORTANT TRACK DEGRADATION OCCURS IN STRUCTURE-EMBANKMENT TRANSITIONS, IN WHICH AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN TRACK VERTICAL STIFFNESS ARISES, LEADING TO A REDUCTION IN PASSENGERS COMFORT AND SAFETY. ALTHOUGH GRANULAR WEDGES ARE SUGGESTED BY DIFFERENT RAILROAD ADMINISTRATIONS AS A SOLUTION TO AVOID THESE PROBLEMS, THEY PRESENT SOME DISADVANTAGES WHICH MAY AFFECT TRACK LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE. IN THIS PAPER, A NEW SOLUTION DESIGNED WITH PREFABRICATED REIN-FORCED CONCRETE SLABS IS PROPOSED. THE AIM OF THIS SOLUTION IS TO GUARANTEE A CONTINUOUS AND GRADUAL TRACK VERTICAL STIFFNESS TRANSI-TION IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES, OVERCOMING GRANULAR WEDGES DISADVANTAGES. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY IS TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NOVEL WEDGE DESIGN BY MEANS OF A 3-D FEM MODEL AND TO COMPARE IT WITH THE CURRENT SOLUTION

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2016-04-12

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Vol. 13 No. 8 (2016)

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