Running safety and seismic optimization of a fault-crossing simply-supported girder bridge for high-speed railways based on a train-track-bridge coupling system

Bridges crossing active faults are more likely to suffer serious damage or even collapse due to the wreck capabilities of near-fault pulses and surface ruptures under earthquakes.Taking a high-speed railway simply-supported girder bridge with eight spans crossing an active strike-slip fault as the research object,a refined coupling dynamic model of the high-speed train-CRTS III slab ballastless track-bridge system was established based on ABAQUS.The rationality of the established model was thoroughly discussed.The horizontal ground motions in a fault rupture zone were simulated and transient dynamic analyses of the high-speed train-track-bridge coupling system under 3-dimensional seismic excitations were subsequently performed.The safe running speed limits of a high-speed train under different earthquake levels(frequent occurrence,design and rare occurrence)were assessed based on wheel-rail dynamic(lateral wheel-rail force,derailment coefficient and wheel-load reduction rate)and rail deformation(rail dislocation,parallel turning angle and turning angle)indicators.Parameter optimization was then investigated in terms of the rail fastener stiffness and isolation layer friction coefficient.Results of the wheel-rail dynamic indicators demonstrate the safe running speed limits for the high-speed train to be approximately 200 km/h and 80 km/h under frequent and design earthquakes,while the train is unable to run safely under rare earthquakes.In addition,the rail deformations under frequent,design and rare earthquakes meet the safe running requirements of the high-speed train for the speeds of 250,100 and 50 km/h,respectively.The speed limits determined for the wheel-rail dynamic indicators are lower due to the complex coupling effect of the train-track-bridge system under track irregularity.The running safety of the train was improved by increasing the fastener stiffness and isolation layer friction coefficient.At the rail fastener lateral stiffness of 60 kN/mm and isolation layer friction coefficients of 0.9 and 0.8,respectively,the safe running speed limits of the high-speed train increased to 250 km/h and 100 km/h under frequent and design earthquakes,respectively.

Reduced-order modeling of train-curved-slab-track dynamics with the effects of fastening failures

Fastening failures have frequently been found on China high-speed railway curved tracks in recent years.Thus the influence of fastening failures on high-speed train-track interaction in curved track needs to be analyzed.A train-curved slab track interaction model is built,in which the real shape of the curved rail is considered and modeled with reduced beam model(RBM)and curved beam theory,and the slabs are modeled with four-nodes Kirchhoff-Love plate elements.The present model is validated at first with different traditional models.Then the influence of fastening failure in curved slab track on train-track interaction dynamics is studied.A different number of failed fastenings is assumed to occur at the curved track,and different types of fastening failure including the fatigue fracture of the clip structure and failure of the rail pad are considered.Based on the calculation results,the fatigue fracture of the clip structure has little influence on train-track interaction dynamics.But when rail pad failure happens and its equivalent vertical stiffness and damping are less than one-tenth of its original,the fastening failure seriously affects the high-speed train operation safety,and it must be prevented.