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Performance of canted ballasted track during curving of high speed trains

Performance of canted ballasted track during curving of high speed trains
Performance of canted ballasted track during curving of high speed trains
Super elevated track, where one rail is placed higher than the other, is used to reduce the acceleration, imparted on passengers, to acceptable levels as a train travels round a curve.
This causes both vertical and lateral forces to be applied to the track. The level of cant is a function of the speed, and on mixed lines is optimised for all train speeds. On existing multi-use lines the need to reduce journey times through increased train speeds, has led to the introduction of tilting trains where the body rotates to maintain passenger comfort with the increased curving speed.
This may lead to an overall increase in forces applied to the track, either vertically or laterally. This paper therefore reports on a study undertaken to assess the behaviour of canted track during the passage of high speed tilting trains and compares the observed behaviour to that from normal line speed trains.
627-634
Priest, J. A.
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Powrie, W.
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Le Pen, L.
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Mak, P.
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Burstow, M.
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Priest, J. A.
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Powrie, W.
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Le Pen, L.
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Mak, P.
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Burstow, M.
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Priest, J. A., Powrie, W., Le Pen, L., Mak, P. and Burstow, M. (2008) Performance of canted ballasted track during curving of high speed trains. 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (incorporating UNBAR7), Nottingham, UK. 24 - 26 Aug 2008. pp. 627-634 .

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Abstract

Super elevated track, where one rail is placed higher than the other, is used to reduce the acceleration, imparted on passengers, to acceptable levels as a train travels round a curve.
This causes both vertical and lateral forces to be applied to the track. The level of cant is a function of the speed, and on mixed lines is optimised for all train speeds. On existing multi-use lines the need to reduce journey times through increased train speeds, has led to the introduction of tilting trains where the body rotates to maintain passenger comfort with the increased curving speed.
This may lead to an overall increase in forces applied to the track, either vertically or laterally. This paper therefore reports on a study undertaken to assess the behaviour of canted track during the passage of high speed tilting trains and compares the observed behaviour to that from normal line speed trains.

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Published date: 2008
Additional Information: 627-634
Venue - Dates: 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (incorporating UNBAR7), Nottingham, UK, 2008-08-24 - 2008-08-26

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Local EPrints ID: 74189
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/74189
PURE UUID: 44f5a45d-9166-49d9-bbeb-20cc6b2482ba
ORCID for W. Powrie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-0826

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Date deposited: 19 Mar 2010
Last modified: 10 Jan 2022 02:37

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Author: J. A. Priest
Author: W. Powrie ORCID iD
Author: L. Le Pen
Author: P. Mak
Author: M. Burstow

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