Design of high-speed railway turnouts : theory and applications /

High-speed turnouts, a key technology for high-speed railways, have a great influence on the safe and stable running of high-speed trains. Design of High-Speed Railway Turnouts: Theory and Applications, comprehensively introduces the technical characteristics and requirements of high-speed turnouts,...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Wang, Ping (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2015
Edition:[New edition].
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Design of High-Speed Railway Turnouts; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Types and Structure; 1.1 Main Types [3]; 1.1.1 Composition; 1.1.2 Classification; 1.2 Technical Requirements; 1.2.1 Excellent Technical Performance; 1.2.2 High Cost-Effectiveness; 1.2.3 Outstanding Adaptability; 1.3 Technical Features [6]; 1.3.1 System Integration; 1.3.2 Theoretical Basis and Practical Tests; 1.3.3 State-of-the-Art Manufacture and Laying Processes; 1.3.4 Scientific Maintenance and Management; 1.4 Global Overview of High-Speed Turnouts; 1.4.1 France; 1.4.2 Germany; 1.4.3 China
  • 1.4.4 Other Countries2 Layout Design; 2.1 Design Conditions; 2.1.1 Operation; 2.1.2 Rolling Stock; 2.1.3 Tracks [19]; 2.1.4 Laying; 2.2 Plane Line Types; 2.2.1 Design Requirements; 2.2.2 Transition Lead Curves; 2.2.3 Switch Rails; 2.2.4 Clearances [29]; 2.2.5 Geometric Sizes; 2.3 Design of Parameters; 2.3.1 Method Based on Particle Motion; 2.3.2 Method Based on Rigid Body Motion; 2.3.2.1 Application cases; 2.3.3 Design Software [30]; 2.4 Assessment Methods Based on Wheel-Rail System Vibration [30,31]; 2.4.1 Theory of Wheel-Rail System Dynamics
  • 2.4.2 Multi-Rigid-Body Dynamics Analysis Software2.4.3 Application Cases; 3 Structural Selection and Rail Design; 3.1 Selection Principles [32]; 3.2 Overall Structure Selection; 3.2.1 Guiding-Rail Turnouts; 3.2.2 Swing Nose Crossing; 3.2.3 Flexible Point Rail; 3.2.4 Long Wing Rails; 3.2.5 Assembled Point Rails; 3.2.6 Rolled Special Section Wing Rails; 3.2.7 AT Rail Hot-Forged Heel Ends of Switch Rails and Point Rails; 3.2.8 Check Rail Made of Grooved Rail; 3.3 Design of Rail Members; 3.3.1 Selection of AT Rail [35]; 3.3.2 Design of Components at the First Traction Point on Swing Nose Rail
  • 3.4 Technical Requirements for Rails [36]3.4.1 Requirements; 3.4.2 Type, Section, and Length of Rails; 3.5 Manufacturing of Rails; 3.5.1 Refining; 3.5.2 Finishing; 3.5.3 Conditioning; 3.5.4 Centralized Detection; 3.5.5 Long Rail Production; 4 Wheel-Rail Relation Design; 4.1 Wheel-Rail Contact Geometry Relation; 4.1.1 Calculation Methods [39,40]; 4.1.2 Rail Profiles; 4.1.3 Wheel-Rail Contact Geometry (Without Wheelset Lateral Displacement); 4.1.4 Wheel-Rail Contact Geometry in the Diverging Line; 4.1.5 Wheel-Rail Contact Geometry (with Wheelset Lateral Displacement)
  • 4.1.6 Longitudinal Change Along the Turnout (with Wheelset Lateral Displacement)4.2 Wheel-Rail Rolling Contact Theories in Turnout Zone [42]; 4.2.1 Hertzian Theory; 4.2.2 Non-Hertzian Rolling Contact Theories; 4.2.3 Wheel-Rail Rolling Contact in Turnout Area [42]; 4.2.4 Calculation Method for 3D Elastic Body Semi-Hertzian Rolling Contact of the Wheel-Rail System in Turnout Area; 4.3 Assessment of Simplified Models [55]; 4.3.1 Vertical Irregularities; 4.3.2 Lateral Irregularities; 4.3.3 Application Cases; 4.4 Dynamic Evaluation Based on Wheel-Rail Dynamics in Turnout Area [56]