<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkler foundation is proposed in order to point out the influence of the joint gap length upon the stiffness of the rail joint. Starting from the experimental results aiming the stiffness of the rail joint, the Winkler foundation stiffness of the model has been calculated. Using the proposed model, it is shown that the stiffness of the rail joint of the 49 rail can decreases up to 10 % when the joint gap length increases from 0 to 20 mm.</p></abstract>

In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkler foundation is proposed in order to point out the influence of the joint gap length upon the stiffness of the rail joint. Starting from the experimental results aiming the stiffness of the rail joint, the Winkler foundation stiffness of the model has been calculated. Using the proposed model, it is shown that the stiffness of the rail joint of the 49 rail can decreases up to 10 % when the joint gap length increases from 0 to 20 mm.

Rail Joint Model Based on the Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory

Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure

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In this paper, a rail joint model consisting of three Euler-Bernoulli beams connected via a Winkler foundation is proposed in order to point out the influence...

Rail Joint Model Based on the Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory

Pubblicato online: 05 giu 2020

Pagine: 16 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2019-0008

Parole chiave
rail joint, joint bar, joint gap, Euler-Bernoulli beam, distributed stiffness, testing, rail joint stiffness

© 2019 Traian Mazilu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Rail Joint Model Based on the Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory

Pubblicato online: 05 giu 2020

Pagine: 16 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2019-0008

Parole chiaverail joint, joint bar, joint gap, Euler-Bernoulli beam, distributed stiffness, testing, rail joint stiffness

© 2019 Traian Mazilu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
rail joint, joint bar, joint gap, Euler-Bernoulli beam, distributed stiffness, testing, rail joint stiffness