Longitudinal force in continuously welded rail on long-span tied arch continuous bridge carrying multiple tracks

Considering arch rib, lateral brace, suspender, girder, pier and track position, the model for the interaction between long-span tied arch continuous bridge and multiple tracks was established by using steel-concrete composite section beam element to simulate concrete-filled steel tube(CFST) arch rib, using the beam element with rigid arm to simulate the prestressed concrete girder and using nonlinear bar element to simulate longitudinal constraint between track and bridge. Taking a(77+3×156.8+77) m tied arch continuous bridge with four tracks on the Harbin-Qiqihar Passenger Dedicated Line as an example, the arrangement of continuously welded rail(CWR) was explored. The longitudinal force in CWR on the tied arch continuous bridge, the pier top horizontal force and torque due to the unbalance load case, were analyzed under the action of temperature, vertical live load, train braking and wind load.Studies show that, it can significantly reduce track displacement to set the track expansion devices at main span arch springing on both sides; the track stress due to arch temperature variation can reach 40.8 MPa; the track stress, pier top horizontal force and torque are related to the number of loaded tracks and train running direction, and the bending force applied to unloaded track is close to the loaded track, while the braking force applied to unloaded track is 1/4 to 1/2 of the loaded track; the longitudinal force of track due to the wind load is up to 12.4 MPa, which should be considered.

Innovative Design and Development of Simplysupported Tied Arch of Beijing-Shanghai HSR

Simply-supported tied arch is a zero-thrust arch bridge with clear structural force,large stiffness,low height,beautiful appearance and economic efficiency.In Xuzhou-Shanghai section of Beijing-Shanghai HSR,the simply-supported tied arch is systematically studied and widely applied for the first time.A total of 21 simplysupported tied arch bridges with the spans of 96 m,112 m and 128 m respectively are constructed for the route.The simply-supported tied arch is an external static and internal super-static parallel arch or basket arch of Nielsen system in structure;single-box,threechamber and equal-height prestressed concrete box girder is adopted for the tie beam;dumbbell steel pipe concrete section is adopted for the arch rib;PES(FD)low-stress anticorrosion cable body is adopted for the suspender.The rational structural form is determined by comparative study on the key technical parameters such as the layout form of suspender,rise-span ratio and arch axis alignment.This paper summarizes the optimization of simplysupported tied arch structure and looks forward to the development of bridge structure.