DEM Analysis of Lateral Ballast Resistance of Sleeper during Dynamic Stability Process under Different Vibration Frequency

2014 ◽  
Vol 988 ◽  
pp. 315-318
Author(s):  
Bo Yan ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Ya Yu Huang ◽  
Tao Yong Zhou

Railway ballast dynamic stability operations is an important work in the line maintenance and repair operations, the selection of dynamic parameter is usually dependent on field trials and practical experience, for lack of theoretical basis. This paper creates discrete element analysis model of railway ballast using the discrete element method, the numerical simulations are carried out to study the lateral ballast resistance during dynamic stability process. We focus on the influence of vibration frequency during dynamic stability process; an optimal vibration frequency of the simulation analysis is obtained and compared with the recommended vibration frequency of a product of a China Railway Large Maintenance Machinery Company, it is found that the two vibration frequencies are basically consistent. This result verifies the correct validity of the discrete element analysis model of railway ballast during dynamic stability process.

2012 ◽  
Vol 190-191 ◽  
pp. 369-372
Author(s):  
Tao Yong Zhou ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Xue Jun Wang ◽  
Bo Yan

Railway ballast tamping operations is an important work in the line maintenance and repair operations, the selection of tamping parameter is usually dependent on field trials and practical experience, for lack of theoretical basis. This paper creates discrete element analysis model of railway ballast using the discrete element method, the numerical simulations are carried out to study the mechanical properties of railway ballast during tamping process. We focus on the influence of vibration frequency during tamping process; an optimal vibration frequency of the simulation analysis is obtained and compared with the recommended vibration frequency of Plasser & Theurer Company, it is found that the two vibration frequencies accord. This result verifies the correct validity of the discrete element analysis model of railway ballast during tamping process.


2012 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 224-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yong Zhou ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Xue Jun Wang ◽  
Bo Yan

Railway ballast tamping operations is an important work in the line maintenance and repair operations, the selection of tamping parameter is usually dependent on field trials and practical experience, for the mechanical properties of railway ballast is difficult to measure and describe. This paper creates discrete element analysis model of railway ballast using the discrete element method, the numerical simulations are carried out to study the mechanical properties of railway ballast during tamping process. We focus on the influence of amplitude during tamping process; an optimal amplitude of the simulation analysis is obtained and compared with the recommended amplitude of Plasser & Theurer Company, it is found that the two amplitudes accord. This result verifies the correct validity of the discrete element analysis model of railway ballast during tamping process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 919-921 ◽  
pp. 1124-1127
Author(s):  
Tao Yong Zhou ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Xue Yu Zhao ◽  
Bo Yan

Tamping operation is an important part of railway maintenance work. The porosity of railway ballast is an important maintenance quality evaluation index during tamping process. In this paper, based on the discrete characteristics of railway ballast, the discrete element analysis model of railway ballast is created using the discrete element method, numerical simulations are performed to study the evolution of porosity of railway ballast under sleeper during tamping process. This paper focuses on the influence of vibration frequency of tamping tines during tamping process; an optimal vibration frequency is obtained from the simulation and compared with the actual vibration frequency recommended by China Railway Large Maintenance Machinery Co., Ltd. Kunming, it is found that the two vibration frequency is consistent. This result verifies that the discrete element method is an effective method to study the evolution of porosity of railway ballast during tamping process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 2726-2729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yong Zhou ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Bo Yan ◽  
Ping Xu

Railway ballast tamping operations is employed in order to restore the geometry of railway track distorted by train traffics. The selection of tamping parameter is usually dependent on field trials and practical experience, for lack of theoretical basis. This paper creates discrete element analysis model of railway ballast using the discrete element method, the numerical simulations are carried out to study the mesomechanics of railway ballast during tamping process. We focus on the change of railway ballast compactness and stone ballast interaction force during tamping process. The present study can be helpful for the analysis of the internal mechanism of ballast compaction during tamping process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 2730-2733
Author(s):  
Tao Yong Zhou ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Bo Yan ◽  
Jun Feng Sun

Railway ballast tamping operations is employed in order to restore the geometry of railway track distorted by train traffics. The main goal is to compact the stone ballast under the sleepers supporting the railway squeezing and vibrations. The ballast compactness is the most direct index for evaluating the effect of tamping operation. This paper presents an experimental method used to detect the railway ballast compactness before and after tamping operation based on water-filling method, and creates a discrete element analysis model of railway ballast which analyzes the change of ballast compactness before and after tamping operation based on discrete element method. The simulation results are very similar with experimental results, which verify that the discrete element method is an effective method to evaluate the change of railway ballast compactness during tamping process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taoyong Zhou ◽  
Bin Hu ◽  
Junfeng Sun ◽  
Zhongtian Liu

Railway ballast tamping operation is employed in order to restore the geometry of railway track distorted by train traffics. In this paper, based on analysis of tamping principle, the discrete element analysis model of railway ballast is created using the discrete element method, numerical simulations are performed to study the change of railway ballast compactness during tamping process. This paper presents the motion trend of stone ballasts as the change trend of railway ballast compactness in qualitative analysis, and the distance between stone ballast and sleeper as the change index of railway ballast compactness in quantitative analysis. By comparing simulation data of different vibration frequencies, an optimal vibration frequency is obtained. The simulation results accord with the actual industrial tamping operation, which verifies that the discrete element method is an effective method to evaluate the change of railway ballast compactness during tamping process.


2018 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Er Lei Wang

Implementing monitoring over construction process of old bridge’s reinforcement serves as an important measure to ensure construction quality and safety and realize the goal of reinforcement. This paper, with a case study of the maintenance and reinforcement project of Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge (steel truss highway-railway combined bridge), adopted MIDAS to establish finite element analysis model, and with stress and deformation as monitoring parameters, completed the construction monitoring work, numerical simulation analysis and site test for the reinforcement project.


2016 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 1068-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enad Mahmoud ◽  
A.T. Papagiannakis ◽  
David Renteria

2014 ◽  
Vol 1025-1026 ◽  
pp. 955-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Jie Shi ◽  
Ya Nan Li ◽  
Li Qin

The theoretical study of galloping can effectively promote anti-galloping techniques. Cable element is utilized to imitate the bundled conductor, and beam elements are used to simulated the spacers, established galloping finite element analysis model which can consider sub-conductors wake interference. The finite element equation was solved by time integration method and the calculation program was compiled by MATLAB. Through numerical simulation analysis, compared the dancing in the case of considering the effect of the sub-conductor wake and ignoring the effect of the sub-conductor wake. The results showed that considering the effect of the wake on aerodynamic loads has a greater vertical vibration amplitude. This method can provide reference for the study of prevention technology on dancing.


2011 ◽  
Vol 121-126 ◽  
pp. 4523-4527
Author(s):  
Yu Yan Liu ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Lin Chen ◽  
Ge Li ◽  
Jian Guo Wang

The paper established U75V 100-meter rail 3-D transient non-liner finite element analysis model about U75V 100-meter rail by using the large-scale non-liner finite element analysis software ABAQUS. By analyzing the different positions in the section of the temperature variation, the changes of bending degree and the residual stress variation after the bending deformation have changed. Based on the 100-meter straight rail in natural cooling under the cooling process, simulation results showed that in the cooling process, deflection change with time mainly divided into four stages; In consideration of the friction effect, the flat rail cold curve for its deformation among roughly flat, the curve about either ends, the scope for bending is 18 meters, the maximal displacement is 1.88 meters while the flat rail occured end colding.


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