Study of transitional phenomena in rail vehicle dynamics in relation to the reliability and operational state of the continuous welded rail track in terms of rail joints

• Autorzy: Groll Witold , Sowiński Bogdan , Konowrocki Robert

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17531/ein.2023.1.7

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper presents the results of experimental and numerical studies on reliability and monitoring issues of railway infrastructure in terms of safety and operation. The state of knowledge concerning methods of assessing track condition, in particular rail joints used in continuous welded rail track of railway lines is described. Experimental results of rail joints used in track transition zones and the results of numerical studies/tests of the rail vehicle-track model are outlined. It is demonstrated, basing on the analyses of the experimental results, that not only should the rail joints used in continuous welded rail track be diagnosed during their acceptance, but also during their operation. It is proven that the currently used methodology for testing welded rail joints applied during acceptance testing of contact track is not fully correct and leads to misinterpretation of the measurement results. Moreover, the results of numerical simulation tests presented in this paper confirm the possibility of diagnosing the condition of rail joints by any vehicle passing over such a track equipped with a suitable system.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

operational safety; rail joint monitoring; rail vehicle dynamics; numerical studies; experimental studies; continuous welded rail track

• Wydawca: Polskie Naukowo-Techniczne Towarzystwo Eksploatacyjne
• Czasopismo: Eksploatacja i Niezawodność
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 25, no. 1
• Strony: art. no. 7
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 37 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Groll Witold

• Railway Research Institute, 50 Chłopickiego str., 04-275 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-3411

autor

Sowiński Bogdan

• Railway Research Institute, 50 Chłopickiego str., 04-275 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2956-0469

autor

Konowrocki Robert

• Railway Research Institute, 50 Chłopickiego str., 04-275 Warsaw, Poland
• Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5B Pawińskiego str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-8030

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).