TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Transition zone between ballastless and ballasted track: Influence of changing stiffness on acting forces
JO  - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
A1  - Giannakos, Konstantinos
A1  - Tsoukantas, Spyridon
SP  - 3548
EP  - 3557
VL  - 48
IS  - 
N2  - The track's ballasted superstructure is a multilayered construction consisting of several constitutive layers. In the slab track for High-Speed Lines, or the embedded track for terminal port stations, a concrete slab replaced the ballast. For the estimation of the increase of the mean value of the static vertical wheel load, a probabilistic approach should generally be adopted in order to cover the statistically desirable safety level. Four calculation methods are cited. An investigation of the change of track stiffness coefficient, both static and dynamic, in Ballasted Track, Transition Zone and Ballastless Track was performed and it is presented.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-0428
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1318
ID  - ref1
ER  -