Ballastless Track: Design, Materials, Mechanism Analysis and Risk Management
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 695
Special Issue Editors
Interests: continuously welded rail; ballastless track structure; vibration-reduction railway track; environmental vibration due to railway transportation; rail wear; dynamic railway location
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ballastless track is a modern technology. Compared to traditional ballasted track, ballastless track is more stable and durable, and much less maintenance is required. It has been widely constructed in many railways, especially in high-speed railways and urban rail transit. However, ballastless track is more sensitive to the surrounding environment and track foundation settlement, and it is more difficult to repair when it is damaged. Although enormous efforts have been made by academic and industry researchers, many problems still need to be further investigated. This Special Issue aims to provide selected contributions to advance the calculation theory, experiment, management, and numerical simulation in the field of ballastless track.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Micromechanical and fine mechanical models of ballastless track;
- Static, dynamic, and fatigue mechanical characteristics of ballastless track under multiple factors;
- Damage and crack evolution of ballastless track under multiple factors;
- Noise radiation and noise control of ballastless track;
- Mechanical characteristics of ballastless track during construction;
- Mechanical characteristics of ballastless track after maintenance work;
- Environmental vibration of ballastless track;
- Experimentation with ballastless track.
- Management of ballastless track.
Prof. Dr. Qingyuan Xu
Dr. Wei Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ballastless track
- railway
- noise
- damage evolution
- crack evolution
- environmental vibration
- coupling dynamic
- mechanical characteristics
- experiment
- management
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