STRESS ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE TRACK SLABS ON AN ELASTIC FOUNDATION BY THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

In analyzing the track slab stress, it has been revealed that the beam theory has led to certain discrepancies and left unexplicable parts of the actual phenomena. But it is found that these drawbacks can be eliminated by assuming that the rail supporting elasticity is concentrated at fastening devices and considering the track slab as a plate, with the aid of a mechanical model analysis. For the analysis of the plate the finite element method is employed for its flexibility in applying the boundary conditions. The slab track is divided into many triangular elements and analyzed by using the hybrid type potential energy principle. The theoretical results thus obtained are in good agreement with those observed and they are practically employed in the slab track designing.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Saito, T
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 186-190
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Concrete slab track; Finite element method; Mechanical elasticity; Reinforced concrete; Structural analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reinforced concrete beams
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084937
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1976 12:00AM