Design method of pile-slab structure roadbed of ballastless track on soil subgrade

Pile-slab structure roadbed is a new form of ballastless track for high speed railway. Due to lack of corresponding design code, based on the analysis of its structure characteristics and application requirements, it is proposed to carry out load effect combination according to ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state, and the most unfavorable combination of each state is chosen to carry through design calculation for pile-slab structure. Space model of pile-slab structure can be simplified as a plane flame model, by using the orthogonal test method, and the design parameter of pile-slab structure is optimized. Moreover, based on the engineering background of Suining-Chongqing high-speed railway, the dynamic deformation characteristics of pile-slab structure roadbed are further researched by carrying on the indoor dynamic model test. The test results show that the settlement after construction of subgrade satisfies the requirement of settlement control to build ballastless track on soil subgrade for high-speed railway. Slab structure plays the role of arch shell as load is transmitted from slab to pile, and the vertical dynamic stress of subgrade soil is approximately of ＂K＂ form distribution with the depth. The distribution of pile stress is closely related to soil characteristics, which has an upset triangle shape where the large dynamic stress is at the top. Pile compared with soil shares most dynamic stress. Pile structure expands the depth of the dynamic response of subgrade has limited effect on dynamic response. These results can provide subgrade. and improves the stress of subgrade soil, and the speed of train scientific basis for pile-slab structure roadbed used on soil

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Experimental Study of Lock-in Phenomenon in Vortex-Induced Motions of a Cell-Truss Spar

Spar platforms could be subject to vortex-induced-motions(VIM) in certain current conditions.Lockin is a phenomenon which occurs in a range of reduced velocities in VIM.In this paper,a new concept of spar platform called cell-truss spar is studied using both computational fluid dynamics(CFD) and model test to investigate the VIM of the spar under different reduced velocities.The unique configuration of the cell-truss spar is carefully considered,and the unsteady flow around the spar is calculated and visualized in CFD simulations.A physical model with a scale ratio of 1:100 of the cell-truss spar is fabricated,and model tests are carried out in the current-generating ocean engineering basin.Many important parameters in VIM of the cell-truss spar are obtained,the occurrence of lock-in phenomenon is successfully simulated,and the mechanism and rules of lock-in are analyzed.