Measurement of clips geometry for elements fastening rail to sleepers

investigation of rail track vibration due to fractured sleepers

in this paper effects of fractured sleepers on rail track vibration under moving wheelset have been investigated. two parallel rails of the track have been modeled as euler-bernoulli beams on elastic points as rail pads. also sleepers have been modeled as visco-elastic euler-bernoulli beams. it is assumed that, some sleepers under the rail track have been fractured and modeled by two beams. the...

Numerical and experimental investigation of nonlinear properties of rubber absorber in rail fastening

A dynamic nonlinear model of rubber absorber in railway fastening is proposed in this paper based on a superposition principal demonstrating that the restoring force of rubber components consists of an elastic force and a damping force. In order to determine model parameters and verify the accuracy of this model, a dynamic experiment is designed. The obtained simulated results show good agreeme...

Optimal Maintenance and Renewal Strategy Due to Rail Track Geometry

PARAMETRIC STUDY ON RAILWAY FASTENING SYSTEM RESPONSE SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT AXLE LOAD

There are several factors causing fastening systems to deteriorate faster than the designed life. The high repetitive loads from a moving train being one of the main factors, track irregularities, design and installation defects of track components, non-uniform rail support stiffness, unevenness in the rail seat deterioration are some of the factors causing fastenings systems to deteriorate fas...

Drugs for poor sleepers?