Fast computation: A steady-state simulation of railways ballasted track settlement

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Abstract

Geometry of ballasted railways track is a major concern in railroads safety and efficiency. Settlement of railways ballast has been studied to help railway infrastructure managers to keep infrastructures in shape and to prevent accidents. In this paper, we present an innovative numerical approach to study railways ballast settlement. Commonly used models representing a moving load need huge computation time. On the other hand, assuming static cyclic loading representation leads to discrepancies. Indeed, it does not conceder particularities of moving load. With this new model we want to avoid the drawbacks of previously developed methods. We developed a steady state algorithm to compute plastic strain in geomaterials and to study behaviour of ballasted railways track with an Eulerian approach. This way we improved model efficiency by drastically reducing computation time while considering mobile load specificities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS 2017
EditorsEugenio Onate, Djordje Peric, D. Roger J. Owen, Michele Chiumenti
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages827-838
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9788494690969
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017
Event14th International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS 2017 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 5 Sept 20177 Sept 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS 2017
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Fundamentals and Applications, COMPLAS 2017
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period5/09/177/09/17

Keywords

  • Ballast
  • Computational plasticity
  • Finites elements methods
  • Geomaterials
  • Railway
  • Steady state

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