RAILWAY TRACK STABILITY IN RELATION TO TRANSVERSE STRESSES EXERTED BY ROLLING STOCK. A THEORETICAL STUDY OF TRACK BEHAVIOUR. A PRACTICAL METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RESISTANCE OF THE TRACK TO TRANSVERSE STRESSES EXERTED BY ROLLING STOCK

Part one studies the behaviour of railway track subjected to the stress of rolling stock and the experimental results on a test track with formulae for the pressures on the track through ballast or by rails through sleepers. Part two contains a computer solution to a fourth degree equation representing equilibrium equation of a track segment. Last, the interrelationship between rails, ballast, temperature and stress upon track behaviour are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Railway Congress Association

  17-21 rue de Louvrain
  1000 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • AMANS, F
  • Sauvage, R
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 685-716
• Serial:
  • RAIL INTERNATIONAL

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Bending; Bending stress; Curved track; Railroad rails; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Stability (Mechanics); Stresses; Tangent track; Technology; Temperature; Thermal stresses; Welded rail
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast; Lateral dynamics; Track stability
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail stress
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033850
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 1976 12:00AM