Assessment of design parameters of a slab track railway system from a dynamic viewpoint

Fully three-dimensional analysis of high-speed train–track–soil-structure dynamic interaction

“…The frequency content and the one-third octave band spectra of the free field response (Figures 14 and 15 The use of ballastless slab track is significantly increasing in HST line track technology. This development is due to the fact that slab track has some structural and operational advantages over ballasted track [30,39].…”

Effect of track irregularity on the dynamic response of a slab track under a high-speed train based on the composite track element method

“…Only a few studies have focused on the dynamic analysis of slab tracks under moving vehicles. Steenbergen et al [5] performed a dynamic parameter analysis of a slab track system. They used the classical model of a beam subjected to a moving load in an elastic half-space to assess the application of the slab track on soft soil by analysing the effect of the generalised dynamic stiffness of the track system.…”

A numerical study on the fatigue life design of concrete slabs for railway tracks

“…Slab track, also called ballastless track, is a modern form of track construction which has been successfully used around the world for high speed lines, heavy rail, light rail and tram systems [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Such a trend is mainly attributed to the fact that slab track systems have numerous structural and operational advantages compared with the traditional ballasted track.…”

“…Studies on the former are concentrated on the vehicle-track-subgrade coupling [19,20,13,7,18]. For example, Tanabe et al [19] analysed the dynamic interaction between the Shinkansen train (through multi-body dynamics employing non-linear springs and dampers) and the railway structure (consisting of truss, beam, shell and solid elements).…”