Abstract
In the seasonally frozen regions, railway subgrades are subjected to freeze-thaw cycles due to environmental temperature change. The railway track is likely to be deformed during the freezing and thawing processes of subgrades. The wheel-rail force will increase due to the frost heave induced track deformation. As a result, the increased wheel-rail force will affect the settlement of ballast layer. In this study, firstly, the track deformation induced by the frost heave of railway subgrade was investigated. In the freeze-thaw analysis, the buried structure of box culvert embedded in the subgrade was selected as an analytical example. The track surface deformation above the transition zone was calculated through finite element analysis, considering the influences of groundwater levels and temperature boundary conditions. Secondly, the calculated absolute value of track deformation was inputted into the vehicle-track model as excitation. Then the calculated result was outputted for the calculation of ballast layer settlement.
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Zhang, S., Ishikawa, T. (2023). Influence of Frost Heave Induced Track Deformation on Ballast Settlement of Culvert Transition Zone in Freezing Period. In: Barla, M., Di Donna, A., Sterpi, D., Insana, A. (eds) Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics. IACMAG 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 288. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12851-6_45
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