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dc.contributor.authorAbu Sayeed, M.
dc.contributor.authorShahin, Mohamed
dc.contributor.editorGraham Ramsay
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:19:53Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:19:53Z
dc.date.created2015-07-16T06:21:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationAbu Sayeed, M. and Shahin, M. 2015. Modelling of ballasted railway track foundations under train moving loads, in Ramsay, G. (ed), 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Feb 22-25 2015, pp. 1012-1019. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Geotechnical Society.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30478
dc.description.abstract

Recent congestion of highways in many countries around the world has led railways to become the most popular means of public transportation, which increased the demand for heavier and faster trains. This requires an investigation into the impact of various design parameters affecting the overall railway track performance. Such an investigation is very important for railway geotechnical engineers to arrive at an optimum plan for track design and maintenance. In this paper, a sophisticated three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) modelling is developed to investigate the dynamic response of ballasted railway track subjected to train moving loads. All components of the ballasted railway track system are represented including the rail, sleepers, ballast, sub-ballast and subgrade. The viscous quiet boundaries are used to represent infinite boundary conditions so as to absorb the train induced vibration waves at the boundaries. The FE modelling is validated using field measurement data. A detailed parametric study is carried out to investigate the effects of train speed, and modulus and thickness of ballast, sub-ballast and subgrade on track performance. The track response in terms of rail displacement, ballast, subballast and subgrade surface vertical stresses, surface subgrade strain and track stiffness are presented and their practical implications in relation to track design are discussed.

dc.publisherNew Zealand Geotechnical Society
dc.subjectnumerical modelling
dc.subjectballasted railway track
dc.subjectfinite elements
dc.subjecttrain moving load
dc.titleModelling of ballasted railway track foundations under train moving loads
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage1012
dcterms.source.endPage1019
dcterms.source.title12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics
dcterms.source.series12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics
dcterms.source.conference12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateFeb 22 2015
dcterms.source.conferencelocationWellington, New Zealand
dcterms.source.placeWellington, New Zealand
curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
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