Functional requirements for hollow sleepers for
UIC 60 and similar ...
Installation of a ballast retainer plate on either ... drawing. Testing of function samples. 3.2.2. Requirements for approval .... TIP5‐CT‐2006‐031415. Figure 2: Profile of hollow sleeper with UIC 60 rail without fastening elements ...
http://www.innotrack.net/docs/deliverables/d322-f3-functional_requirements_for_hollow_sleepers_for_uic60_and_similar_types_of_switches.pdf
INNOTRACK D 3.2.2 Functional requirements for
hollow sleepers for ...
22 Can be used in all simple switches of rail form UIC 60. (ballast superstructure). Engineering drawing. Testing of function samples. 3.2.2 Requirements ...
http://www.innotrack.net/docs/deliverables/d322-f3p-hollow_sleeper.pdf
Kein
Folientitel
Track layout and longitudinal profile parameters: – Potential: 350 km/h ... Two major functions: ▪ The Track-Train Radio function. ▪ ERTMS ... 60 kg rail (UIC 60) mounted on reinforced concrete sleepers with ballast ... Aims: experimentation of a technique designed to meet the requirements of operation at higher ...
http://www.uic.org/apps/presentation/zabee.pdf
UIC
Leaflet 776-2 R
Design requirements for rail-bridges based on interaction ..... destabilise the ballast. Excessive deformation may also affect the loads imposed on the ...
http://www.uic.org/com/IMG/pdf/UIC_Leaflet_776-2.pdf
MODERN
RAILWAY TRACK
by C Esveld - Cited by 311
http://www.esveld.com/MRT_Selection.pdf
RECENT GRADUATE
STUDIES RAILWAY ENGINEERING
stable position of the track in the ballast which results .... test track incorporating embedded rail in the near fu- ture in the Netherlands. .... of the study, the installation requirements that apply ... model PLAXIS, for a characteristic soil profile ob- ... tional Union of Railways (UIC), and dealt with the ...
http://www.esveld.com/Download/TUD/Msc_work.PDF
Modelling the
Contact between Wheel and Rail within Multibody
...
by G SCHUPP - Cited by 9
http://elib.dlr.de/12135/01/VSD4WK04.pdf
Holistic procedure for rail maintenance in
Sweden
around 30 N/cm2 between sleeper and ballast. Finally, ... of the ability of an item to perform a required function ... International des Chemins de fer (UIC) rail defect clas- .... the requirements of track geometry (elevation and cur- vature). ..... mechanics to rail profile design and rail grinding. Wear, ...
http://journals.pepublishing.com/index/L4T42ML371484537.pdf
Development of a new track geometry assessment technique ...
rail profile and geometric irregularities; and infrastruc- ... The standard ADAMS/Rail function was used ..... requirements based on the nature of the expectations from the tracks and, ... (i.e. ballast-less or ballasted tracks). Thus, it means that .... 16 UIC Code. Classification of lines for purpose of track ...
http://journals.pepublishing.com/index/qq883046p5720266.pdf
TCRP Report 57: Track Design Handbook for Light
Rail Transit (Part C)
Table 5.4 Limiting Values of Testing for Ballast Material .... design, rail profile grinding, and an effective ..... American light rail transit system is the popular UIC33 section from Europe. The UIC ... function as a restraining rail, the U69 section ...... trackwork design requirements on a light rail ...
http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_57-c.pdf
REPORT
OF EVALUATION OF RAIL SECTIONS SPONSORED BY GREAT
NORTHERN ...
1 Rail Wear Profile 115 lb. Rail 10. 2 Rail Wear Profile 132 lb. Rail 1 1 ... the stress and bending requirements for modern wheel loads. These findings ... of the track and its materials-ties, fastenings, ballast, ties and of gauge, .... tors in rail evaluation. Track maintenance is also a function of rail weight. ...
http://ict.illinois.edu/Publications/report files/TRANS-006.pdf
Using Strain Gauges to Detect Epoxy Debonding in Insulated
Rail Joints
by D Peltier - Related articles
http://ict.illinois.edu/railroad/CEE/pdf/Peltier et al IHHA-STS-2007-0100R.pdf
BALLAST SPECIFICATION
necessary compressive strength, meet density requirements of the ... defined functions. The ballast must sustain and transmit static and .... The rail ballast absorbs the train weight and distributes it from the ... tracks maintaining levels and profile is of high importance. .... UIC. 250-550. Variable up to ...
http://www.iricen.gov.in/projects/721/ballast_specification.pdf
Maintenance
Schedule and Practices for High Speed corridor
High speeds will place new requirements on the standards and quality of construction ... As per UIC: • As regards infrastructure, - A line is described as a “high ... The functions of each tier are tabulated below for high speed routes: .... 11.4 Rail Profile measuring system – to decide requirement of grinding ...
http://www.iricen.gov.in/projects/725/maintenance schedule.pdf
Using simulations
for approval of railway vehicles: a comparison
...
profiles of the locomotive were slightly worn UIC S1002 profiles with 30 mm flange thickness. ... rails, connected with a mass representing the ballast. ... simulation was done with nominal vehicle data and a nominal rail profile. ..... Furthermore, it is often difficult to fulfil the requirements on the number of ...
http://www.informaworld.com/index/908241575.pdf
Challenges in
simulation of rail vehicle dynamics
The behaviour of ballast has been represented ...... Unfortunately the data storage requirements to capture full rail profile .... This requires a good understanding of the function of complex .... [24] UIC Code 518. Testing and approval of railway vehicles from the point of view of their dynamic behaviour – ...
http://www.informaworld.com/index/913331725.pdf
Comparing environmental impact of conventional and high speed
rail
function energy demand per seat-km. Increase load factor. UIC EVENT ...... speed services is that greater quantities of ballast are required with ... infrastructure requirements for conventional versus high-speed rail that ...... “Ecology Profile of the German High-speed Rail Passenger Transport System, ICE”, by ...
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/About us/New Lines Programme/5878_Comparing environmental impact of conventional and high speed rail.pdf
Railway Bridges - Today and Tomorrow
Optimising design to deliver Network Rail's requirements .... standards including UIC leaflets and in the future will be .... and off the bridge, cable route requirements, ballast ...... balance between function, cost and safety. The development .... profile. This profile will capture not only typical span ...
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3844_Railway Bridges - Today and Tomorrow.pdf
19 Risk
management in rail transport
nical, and operational aspects of rail transport. The UIC also represents the interests of its member railways at ..... The following requirements apply to the ballast bed: ...... that activate the relevant functions of the system when ...... sary to monitor the traction unit's running profile in such ...
http://www.munichre.com/publications/302-04770_en.pdf
Further Development of Mechanised Ballast
Cleaning
wheel-on-rail system to function smoothly. The ballast bed has a considerable ... The requirements on mechanised ballast cleaning can be seen from function ... ballast profile for cleaning machine. (UIC 60 rail, concrete sleepers) ...
http://www.plassertheurer.at/pdfs/publications/rtr_0202.pdf
Work Package 1.2 Rail Sources Task 1.2.1 State of
the art
3: Comparison of receptances of wheel (TGV), rail (UIC 60, ..... The use of a heavier rail profile has approx. the same effect as the heavier base plate (case. 2). 4. A higher loss factor of the baseplate pad (thus more resembling ballast) would give a ...... fulfils in many ways the requirements of Harmonoise WP2. ...
http://www.imagine-project.org/bestanden/D10_WP1.2_HAR12TR-020118-SNCF10.pdf
System
dynamics of railway vehicles and track
ization, are mainly caused by the wheel-rail contact, the elasticity of the ... The model for the vehicle should fulfill the following requirements: .... modified profile UIC 60; the modification is the replacement of the middle ..... Kruse, H.; Popp, K.: Investigation of the dynamic behaviour of railway ballast ...
http://www.springerlink.com/index/VX3T3WFKLUDHLF6H.pdf
A Survey
of Rail Vehicle Track Simulations and Flexible
Multibody ...
works as a function of relative wheel rail position and orientation coordinates. ..... and ballast with non-proportional damping was suggested. .... implementation issues such as power, actuator, and control requirements are discussed. ..... includes the rail profile, the track turns, track twists, track elevations ...
http://www.springerlink.com/index/P3G0271475702H71.pdf
Railway
track transmission line parameters from finite element ...
has been published by UIC-ORE to determine the factors .... putational speed and temporary storage requirements. The ..... adrmttance is to connect the rails electrically to the ballast. ... 17 Rail-rail cupcitunce UT u function oj3epcy with ground mois- ... 4.4 Three-layer ground conductivity profile ...
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/2194/18431/00848561.pdf
Electric
railway traction Part 5 Train detection,
communications ...
the highest ballast admittance with no trainshunt, and de-energised for the ... the correct profile. A discrete Fourier ... bidirectional track loop designed for light rail .... The UIC has agreed to use the 900 MHz band for future train-ground ... requirements including: 0 train operator, station and trackside-to- ...
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/2224/10583/00491782.pdf
Design of A Special Bridge for Taiwan High Speed
Rail Project Lot ...
by SM Kangall the functional requirements of HSR. Various aspects in analysis and ... -Because of the lightweight nature of steel structure and integrating the low vertical profile ... Fig. 5 Structural Model. C.G.of L1. Top of Rail. C.G.of Ballast ... modified UIC loading with impact factor has been well controlled to be in ...
http://www.maa.com.tw/common/publications/2000/2000-067.pdf
Design of Continuous Welded Rail on a Suspension
Bridge
The dead load constraints and aerodynamic requirements dictated a design of .... As per the CP Rail practice UIC 60 (approximate equivalent - 120 lbs. rail) rail was used. .... and rail profile in figure 8). Handling of the constant cyclical .... locomotives, (21.5 tonnes of axle load) two hopper-ballast wagons and ...
http://www.arema.org/eseries/scriptcontent/custom/e_arema/library/2000_Conference_Proceedings/00013.pdf
Technical Guide www.corusgroup.com
also an important function of this stage ..... meet non-standard requirements for grooved rail. ... levels of accuracy for tramway profile dimensions – particularly .... UIC 860-O. 1100. 0.60/0.82 0.30/0.90 0.80/1.30 ≤0.030 0.008/0.035 0.80/1.30 ...... Time and cost savings due to a reduced ballast requirement. ...
http://www.muchmorethanrail.com/file_source/StaticFiles/Final Technical - signed off.pdf
Estimated Carbon Impact of a New North-South Line
The emissions from operations are largely a function of the emissions ..... emissions profile for each rail option and air, and the construction emissions for .... Assume 2 tracks; 2 rails per track; UIC 60 rail (i.e. 60cm) ... Ballast quantities were estimated on the basis of 1 track requiring a 5 metres width ...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/researchtech/research/newline/carbonimpact.pdf
Rail Technical Strategy
of the rail network, both for delivery of materials such as ballast and rails from their sources, which mirrors many of the requirements of ...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/strategy/whitepapers/whitepapercm7176/railwhitepapertechnicalstrategy/pdfrailtechstrategyrts1.pdf
"FUNDAMENTALS
OF TRACK LATERAL SHIFT FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL
APPLICATIONS"
by A Kish - Cited by 1
http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/Research/errishft.pdf
Rail Accident Report
31 Jul 2008 ... Railway Vehicles to Derailment and Roll-Over' requirements; and .... mounted on timber bearers, supported on granite ballast. ..... the UIC Code implicitly requires that spigots cannot rotate inwards once deployed, ...... A standard rail profile weighing 113 lbs/yard with a flat bottom. rail ...
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/080731_R162008_Duddeston.pdf
Rail Accident Report
3 Oct 2007 ... the derailed bogies running through the ballast; .... 61 Network Rail's company standards set out the requirements for this regime. The relevant ...... The removal of locking on a function using an electrical signal, for ..... A switch assembly in which the switch rail is produced from a UIC 54 ...
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/071003_IR022007_Grayrigg.pdf
Railway engineering
by D Wilkinsoncomfort and minimum ballast maintenance requirements: too thin and ballast attrition occurs; ... With both tracks in place, the profile of the rails was brought to the precise line and level ... result of the heavier UIC rail, special S&C was developed ... The layout design was a function of the materials sourcing ...
http://www.omegacentre.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/ProjectProfiles/CTRL/RelatedLinks/2-2.1 Arup Journal 2004 Railway Engineering.pdf
AIL ENGINEERING
tonnage entered into the UIC classification, weighted by speed, ... surface) is an exponential function of the traffic carried by ... Requirements vis-a-iis track fastening systems. Rail maintenance can encounter difficulties-due to features .... unloading of ballast, particularly at level crossings, can result ¡n ...
http://www.speno.ch/pdf/a35.pdf
SUSTAINABLE
MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS OF COMMUTER TRAINS IN MALAYSIA
by M Subramaniam - Related articles
http://stariuz.com/alfa/files/fc121904470651b0.pdf
Rail Grinding and its impact on the wear of Wheels and
Rails
by J Lundmark - Cited by 2
http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2007/37/LTU-LIC-0737-SE.pdf
RAMS
and LCC in Rail Track Maintenance
by AP Patra - Cited by 1
http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2007/57/LTU-LIC-0757-SE.pdf
AERODYNAMICS, VENTILATION AND TUNNEL SAFETY FOR HIGH SPEED
RAIL ...
Pressure fluctuations in high-speed rail tunnels occur due to train induced pressure .... The UIC-Code 779-11 [17], which is addressed to the tunnel design .... tunnel roughness (e.g. ballast or slab track) and on the tunnel length. .... protection requirements for structures. Normally a standard temperature curve ...
http://www.gruner-gmbh.at/aktuelles_gmbh_at/pdf_pool/D_HAB_Porto.pdf
Modelling
and Analysis of Rail Grinding & Lubrication
Strategies ...
Figure 5.2: Rail profile measurement using MINIPROF rail profile ..... ballast. Sleepers or ties have several important functions (Esveld, 2001): ... resistance, lower maintenance requirements and uniform specifications. ...... and for UIC 60 it is estimated to be 560 mm2. For a theoretical 80 kg/m rail, 1000 ...
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15864/1/Venkatarami_Reddy_Thesis.pdf
Track geometry
for high-speed railways
- Related articles
http://www.europakorridoren.se/spargeometri.pdf
Transportation Safety Board Reports - Rail 2002 -
R02M0050
It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine .... This was well above the requirements of CN's standard practice circulars .... the rail compression could not be contained by the ballast, allowing the track to shift out of ..... Factors such as the rail temperature, rail profile, tie type, ...
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/ENG/rapports-reports/rail/2002/r02m0050/r02m0050.pdf
Final - Railways
aquatic habitats3 by siting railways, rail yards, support .... requirements, and typically should be monitored by a fire watcher; ...... Creosote-Treated Railway Ties into Ballast and Adjacent Wetlands. Res. Pap. FPL-RP-617. .... International Union of Railways (UIC). 2003. Environmental Guideline for the ...
http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/enviro.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/gui_EHSGuidelines2007_Railways/$FILE/Final+-+Railways.pdf
Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 on the reference document
...
by HASAT DECISION - Related articles
http://www.unife.org/uploads/Commission_Decision_of_30_November_2009_on_reference_document.pdf
Vibration Measurement of Rail Stress
by I High-Speed Rail - Related articles
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/archive/studies/idea/finalreports/highspeedrail/hsr-48final_report.pdf
Noise
emission from railway traffic
The majority of the tracks are of the rail–pad–sleeper–ballast type, see Fig. .... UIC has stated that a reduction of noise emission from tread braked ..... a result both of the lack of regulation on emission and as a function of .... Document that specifies the technical requirements of a train used across borders ...
http://www.vti.se/EPiBrowser/Publikationer/R559ASve.pdf
ECMT Round Tables : European Integration of Rail
Freight Transport
questionable whether in practice rail freight's supply profile will .... railways' ability to meet quality requirements in the freight sector, ...... Union of Railways (UIC), until now the de facto authority for interoperability issues. ...... movement of ballast and track for rail-laying, and the removal of spent ...
http://internationaltransportforum.org/europe/ecmt/pubpdf/04RT125.pdf
Quality
system revision record
Yard track should be constructed of jointed rail on tie and ballast track structure. ... Flangeway dimension requirements are a function of the wheel profile (refer ..... For welding purposes, UIC rail used in the manufacture of special ...
http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/Ch5_Trackwork_Final.pdf
Detection of corrugation and wheelflats of railway
wheels using ...
by A Bracciali - 1997 - Cited by 11
http://www.dmti.unifi.it/bracciali/025 JRRT 213 (1997) WheelFlat Cepstrum.pdf
Innovative
Track Systems Technical Construction
ideal requirements for use in new construction projects. .... a bituminous coating. Rail UIC 60. 2,25m. Concrete sleeper. Side filling,. e. g. ballast ... Here, the ballast assumes the function of a supportive element when ..... The rubber profile used lies tightly against the rails and concrete surface. Any water ...
http://www.promain.org/images/counsil/09_Track_Construction.pdf
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