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<p>Elements of the tramway track that require special attention in the design and maintenance of the tramway infrastructure are sharp curves (curves with small radii). In such places, there are a number of unfavourable operational problems, which are discussed in the article below. It describes the characteristics of such geometric elements and analyses the interaction of the wheel-rail system. Moreover, the most important operational problems are presented, such as the wear of wheels and tramway rails, the buckling of the rails, and noise and vibrations occurring during the passage of the tram. Methods of reducing unfavourable phenomena occurring on curves in the tramway infrastructure were also highlighted.</p>
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Elements of the tramway track that require special attention in the design and maintenance of the tramway infrastructure are sharp curves (curves with small radii). In such places, there are a number of unfavourable operational problems, which are discussed in the article below. It describes the characteristics of such geometric elements and analyses the interaction of the wheel-rail system. Moreover, the most important operational problems are presented, such as the wear of wheels and tramway rails, the buckling of the rails, and noise and vibrations occurring during the passage of the tram. Methods of reducing unfavourable phenomena occurring on curves in the tramway infrastructure were also highlighted.

Operational problems of tramway infrastructure in sharp curves

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Roads, Railways and Traffic Engineering

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Elements of the tramway track that require special attention in the design and maintenance of the tramway infrastructure are sharp curves (curves with small...

Operational problems of tramway infrastructure in sharp curves

Published Online: Oct 06, 2021

Page range: -

Received: Jul 22, 2021

Accepted: Sep 03, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2021015

Keywords
Tramway infrastructure, rail, sharp curve

© 2021 Włodzimierz Czyczuła et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Operational problems of tramway infrastructure in sharp curves

Published Online: Oct 06, 2021

Page range: -

Received: Jul 22, 2021

Accepted: Sep 03, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2021015

KeywordsTramway infrastructure, rail, sharp curve

© 2021 Włodzimierz Czyczuła et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Tramway infrastructure, rail, sharp curve