Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel

Dynamic characteristics including wheel–rail interactions and vibration-damping effects of a steel-spring floating slab track were measured and compared with those of a monolithic roadbed track. These two tracks are in the same subway tunnel, and with similar conditions. Measuring results show that...

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Main Authors: Yongjian Zhou, Guan Xu, Tao Sheng, Hu Jiang, Chao Jin
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2025.2455027
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description Dynamic characteristics including wheel–rail interactions and vibration-damping effects of a steel-spring floating slab track were measured and compared with those of a monolithic roadbed track. These two tracks are in the same subway tunnel, and with similar conditions. Measuring results show that the vertical and transverse wheel-rail forces on the floating slab track were separately 8% and 47% larger than those on the monolithic roadbed track. Due to the increased quasi-static wheel-rail forces, vertical and transverse rail deformations on the floating slab track were separately 2.5 and 4 times larger than those of the monolithic roadbed track. Based on the measured acceleration vibration levels, the vertical and transverse vibrations of the tunnel wall of floating slab track were 5 dB smaller than those of the monolithic roadbed track. Meanwhile, the vibrations of the floating slab were 10 dB larger than those of the monolithic roadbed. Therefore, the floating slab effectively blocked vertical and transverse energy transmissions. Based on the measured frequency-division vibration levels, vertical and transverse resonant vibrations of the tunnel wall of floating slab track were 15–22 dB smaller than those of monolithic roadbed track. However, low-frequency wheel-rail forces increased vibrations from 1 to 20 hz, which may have a negative influence on soil ground vibrations.
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spelling doaj-art-26edf932cdd44caa87d2a98de1eacd6e2025-01-27T11:59:10ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522025-01-010011310.1080/13467581.2025.24550272455027Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnelYongjian Zhou0Guan Xu1Tao Sheng2Hu Jiang3Chao Jin4Zhejiang Huazhan Engineering Research & Design Institute Co. LtdZhejiang Huazhan Engineering Research & Design Institute Co. LtdNingbo UniversityZhejiang Huazhan Engineering Research & Design Institute Co. LtdZhejiang Huazhan Engineering Research & Design Institute Co. LtdDynamic characteristics including wheel–rail interactions and vibration-damping effects of a steel-spring floating slab track were measured and compared with those of a monolithic roadbed track. These two tracks are in the same subway tunnel, and with similar conditions. Measuring results show that the vertical and transverse wheel-rail forces on the floating slab track were separately 8% and 47% larger than those on the monolithic roadbed track. Due to the increased quasi-static wheel-rail forces, vertical and transverse rail deformations on the floating slab track were separately 2.5 and 4 times larger than those of the monolithic roadbed track. Based on the measured acceleration vibration levels, the vertical and transverse vibrations of the tunnel wall of floating slab track were 5 dB smaller than those of the monolithic roadbed track. Meanwhile, the vibrations of the floating slab were 10 dB larger than those of the monolithic roadbed. Therefore, the floating slab effectively blocked vertical and transverse energy transmissions. Based on the measured frequency-division vibration levels, vertical and transverse resonant vibrations of the tunnel wall of floating slab track were 15–22 dB smaller than those of monolithic roadbed track. However, low-frequency wheel-rail forces increased vibrations from 1 to 20 hz, which may have a negative influence on soil ground vibrations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2025.2455027floating slab trackmonolithic roadbed trackdynamic characteristicsacceleration vibration levelenergy transmission
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Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
floating slab track
monolithic roadbed track
dynamic characteristics
acceleration vibration level
energy transmission
title Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
title_full Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
title_fullStr Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
title_short Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
title_sort measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel
topic floating slab track
monolithic roadbed track
dynamic characteristics
acceleration vibration level
energy transmission
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2025.2455027
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