FEM Modelling Possibilities of Glued Insulated Rail Joints for CWR Tracks

Attila Németh; Zoltán Major; Szabolcs Fischer

doi:10.14513/actatechjaur.v13.n1.535

Authors

Attila Németh Széchenyi István University, Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering, Egyetem tér 1., 9026Győr, Hungary
Zoltán Major Széchenyi István University, Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering, Egyetem tér 1., 9026Győr, Hungary
Szabolcs Fischer Széchenyi István University, Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering, Egyetem tér 1., 9026Győr, Hungary http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7298-9960

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14513/actatechjaur.v13.n1.535

Keywords:

glued insulated rail joint, laboratory test, finite element modelling, calibration, validation

Abstract

In this paper the authors detail the possibilities of modelling of finite element method (FEM) of glued insulated rail joints which are applied in railway tracks with continuously welded rails (CWR). A lot of laboratory tests (static and dynamic 3-point bending tests, axial pulling tests) were executed on glued insulated rail joints, the specimens were related to three different rail profiles applied in Hungary: MÁV 48.5; 54E1 (UIC54), 60E1 (UIC60), respectively. The static bending tests with many bay length values were conducted, before and after dynamic (fatigue) tests. 2-D beam models were made in FEM software using semi-rigid hinge as the simplified connection of fishplated glued insulated rail joint. The FEM models were calibrated and then validated with the static vertical displacement values in the middle-bay position measured in laboratory. The model validation was conducted with two methods.

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Author Biography

Szabolcs Fischer, Széchenyi István University, Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering, Egyetem tér 1., 9026Győr, Hungary

¹Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Transport Sciences, Széchenyi István University

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