• International Journal of Railway
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the effectiveness of geogrid for conventional ballasted track and asphalt concrete underlayment track using PLAXIS finite element program. Geogrid element was modeled at various locations that include subballast/subgrade, subballast/ballast interfaces, middle of the ballast, and one-third depth of the ballast. The results revealed that the effectiveness of geogrid reinforcement appeared to be larger for ballasted track structure compared to asphalt concrete underlayment track. Particularly, in case of installing geogrid at one-third depth of ballast layer in a conventional ballasted track, the most effectiveness of geogrid reinforcement was achieved. The influence of geogrid axial stiffness on track substructure response was not clear to conclude. Further validations using a discrete element method along with experimental investigation are considered as a future study. The effect of asphalt concrete layer modulus was evaluated. The results exhibited that higher layer modulus seems to be effective in controlling displacement and strain of track substructure. However it also yields slightly higher stresses within track substructure. It infers that further validations are required to come up with optimum asphalt concrete mixture design to meet economical and functional criteria.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.46-56
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• 2014

The superstructure of the railway track undertakes the forces that develop during train passage and distributes them towards its seating. The track panel plays a key role in terms of load distribution, while at the same time it maintains the geometrical distance between the rails. The substructure and ballast undergo residual deformations under high stresses that contribute to the deterioration of the so-called geometry of the track. The track stiffness is the primary contributing factor to the amount of the stresses that develop on the substructure and is directly influenced by the fastening resilience. Four methods from the international literature are used in this paper to calculate the loads and stresses on the track substructure and the results are compared and discussed. A parametric investigation of the stresses that develop on the substructure of different types of railway tracks (i.e. balastless vs ballasted) is performed and the results are presented as a function of the total static track stiffness.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제61권6호
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• pp.775-784
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• 2017

This study is devoted to developing many new substructure models for ballasted railway track by using the pyramid model philosophy. As the effect of railway embankment has been less considered in the previous studies in the field of vehicle/track interaction, so the present study develops the pyramid models in the presence of railway embankment and implements them in vehicle/track interaction dynamic analyses. Considering a moving car body as multi bodies with 10 degrees of freedom and the ballasted track including rail, sleeper, ballast, subgrade and embankment, two categories of numerical analyses are performed by considering the new substructure systems including type A (initiation of stress overlap areas in adjacent sleepers from the ballast layer) or type B (initiation of stress overlap areas in adjacent sleepers from the subgrade layer). A comprehensive sensitivity analyses are performed on effective parameters such as ballast height, sleepers spacing and sleeper width. The results indicate that the stiffness of subgrade, embankment and foundation increased by increasing the ballast height. Also, by increasing the ballast height, rail and ballast vertical displacement decreased.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1113-1118
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• 2004

Ballasted track is constructed in consideration of the maintenance. The application time and frequency of MTT(Multiple Tie Tamper) and BS(Ballast Cleaner) depend on track geometry measurements. This paper presents the application of Ground Penetrating Radar(GPR), Falling Weight Deflectometer(FWD), and Portable Ballast Sampler (PBS) to evaluate the effects of track geometry due to substructure deterioration and to build a reliable substructure evaluation system.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.40-48
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• 2014

최근 철도의 고속화와 효율적인 기존철도 노선의 활용화가 요구됨에 따라 다양한 철도노반의 강화에 대한 시도가 진행되어 왔다. 그 중 지오그리드는 기존의 연구들을 통해 보강효과가 있음이 인지되어왔고 이에 활용범위가 늘어나고 있다. 본 논문에서는, 물성치가 다른 노반재료들로 구성된 궤도하부 노반을 형성 후 두 종류의 지오그리드를 각각 설치하고, 상재하중에 대한 인발강도에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 실험결과 인발강도와 상재하중은 비례하는 경향을 보여준 반면, 상호작용 인발계수는 감소되었으며 이는 상재하중 크기뿐만 아니라 접속면에서의 마찰각, 격자와 입자간의 결합상태등 복합적인 영향을 받는 것으로 판단된다. 또한, 일-에너지 개념을 이용한 지오그리드 효과를 산정하는 방법을 제시하였고 제한적으로 실험결과를 이용하여 검증하였다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2013

국내 철도노반설계기준에는 강화노반 두께를 일반철도와 고속철도로 이원화하여 규정하고 있으며 강화노반의 입도기준도 이원화되어 있다. 이로 인해 향후 기존선 속도향상 또는 유도상 궤도를 무도상 궤도로 변경 시 강화노반 두께증가 및 재료변경으로 인한 비용증가가 요구된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 실대형 실험을 통하여 노반상태 변경 없이 기존 일반철도인 유도상 궤도를 무도상 궤도로 변경하고 동일선로에서의 열차속도 향상 가능성을 검토하였다. 일반철도 설계기준에서 제시하고 있는 강화노반 두께를 20cm로 하고 강화노반 재료를 입도조정부순골재(M-40)를 사용한 선로 노반의 동적 특성을 분석하고 철도설계기준에서 제시하는 노반침하를 비교한 결과, 기존 일반철도 자갈궤도의 강화노반 두께 및 재료 변경 없이 무도상 궤도화가 가능하며 열차속도 400km/h까지 주행이 가능한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 실내실험만의 결과이므로 추후 수치해석과 현장 실측치와의 비교 검토가 필요하다.