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Running safety evaluation of a train moving over a high-speed railway viaduct under different track conditions
- Source :
- Engineering Failure Analysis. 121:105133
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- This paper addresses the evaluation of the running safety of high–speed (HS) train moving over a continuous viaduct with different track conditions, ranging from very well-maintained to the worst condition possible according to the European recommendations, referred to as the safety limit. The case study focuses on the “La Scarpe” viaduct, which consists of a continuous nine-span steel–concrete composite bridge belonging to the French HS railway line TGV Nord, and on the German HS train ICE3 composed by eight independent cars. Firstly, the analysis is carried out considering the flexibility of the viaduct through train–bridge interaction (TBI) coupling system, where the running safety is analyzed according to Nadal, Prud'homme and Unload criteria. The results are then compared with those obtained using a rigid structure, which allowed to draw important conclusions regarding the effects of the viaduct’s vibrations. From the results it was possible to conclude that the criteria have shown a good agreement with the limits laid down in the European norms. In addition, it was also possible to assume that the viaduct flexibility did not influence the results with respect to the derailment risk. Thus, for this particular case study, the train running safety assessment could be carried out using a simpler rigid structure model, which considerably reduces the degrees of freedom and the problem complexity without losing accuracy.
- Subjects :
- Flexibility (engineering)
Derailment
Computer science
business.industry
General Engineering
020101 civil engineering
Ranging
02 engineering and technology
Structural engineering
Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
Track (rail transport)
Bridge (nautical)
0201 civil engineering
Vibration
020303 mechanical engineering & transports
0203 mechanical engineering
Limit (music)
General Materials Science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13506307
- Volume :
- 121
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Engineering Failure Analysis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8e68b6662466164c5a2c2ca58628c58f