Railway Track Loss-of-Stiffness Detection Using Bogie Filtered Displacement Data Measured on a Passing Train
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Modeling of Track Train Interaction
2.1. Track Model
2.2. Train Model
2.3. Interaction
3. Track Longitudinal Profile and BFD
3.1. Bogie Filtered Displacement
3.2. Experimental Verification
4. Track Condition Monitoring Using the BFD
4.1. Loss of Stiffness at Subgrade Layer
4.2. Multiple Runs in the Presence of Noise
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Property | Unit | Value |
---|---|---|
Elastic modulus of rail | N/m2 | 2.059 × 1011 |
Rail cross-sectional area | m2 | 7.69 × 10−3 |
Rail second moment of area | m4 | 3.217 × 10−5 |
Rail mass per unit length | kg/m | 60.64 |
Rail pad stiffness | N/m | 6.5 × 107 |
Rail pad damping | Ns/m | 7.5 × 104 |
Sleeper mass (half) | kg | 125.5 |
Sleeper spacing | m | 0.545 |
Ballast stiffness | N/m | 137.75 × 106 |
Ballast damping | Ns/m | 5.88 × 104 |
Ballast mass | kg | 531.4 |
Subgrade stiffness mean | N/m | 77.5 × 106 |
Subgrade damping | Ns/m | 3.115 × 104 |
Property | Symbol | Unit | Value |
---|---|---|---|
Wheelset mass | mw | kg | 1800 |
Bogie mass | mb | kg | 3500 |
Car body mass | mv | kg | 47,800 |
Moment of inertia of bogie | Jb | kg.m2 | 1715 |
Moment of inertia of main body | Jv | kg.m2 | 1.96 × 106 |
Primary suspension stiffness | kp | N/m | 2.4 × 106 |
Secondary suspension stiffness | ks | N/m | 0.7 × 106 |
Primary suspension damping | cp | Ns/m | 20 × 103 |
Secondary suspension damping | cs | Ns/m | 40 × 103 |
Distance between car body center of mass and bogie pivot | Lv1, Lv2 | m | 8.6875 |
Distance between axles | Lb1, Lb2 | m | 2.5 |
Sensor Location | Type | Name | Range |
---|---|---|---|
Bogie–Bounce | Triaxial Accelerometer | Disynet-DA3802-015g | ±15 g |
Bogie–Pitch | Triaxial Gyrometer | Crossbow VG400CC-200 | ±200°/s |
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Malekjafarian, A.; OBrien, E.J.; Quirke, P.; Cantero, D.; Golpayegani, F. Railway Track Loss-of-Stiffness Detection Using Bogie Filtered Displacement Data Measured on a Passing Train. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 93. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6060093
Malekjafarian A, OBrien EJ, Quirke P, Cantero D, Golpayegani F. Railway Track Loss-of-Stiffness Detection Using Bogie Filtered Displacement Data Measured on a Passing Train. Infrastructures. 2021; 6(6):93. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6060093
Chicago/Turabian StyleMalekjafarian, Abdollah, Eugene J. OBrien, Paraic Quirke, Daniel Cantero, and Fatemeh Golpayegani. 2021. "Railway Track Loss-of-Stiffness Detection Using Bogie Filtered Displacement Data Measured on a Passing Train" Infrastructures 6, no. 6: 93. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/infrastructures6060093