Research Article

Performance Analysis of Prefabricated Steel-Spring Floating-Slab Track and Its Application to Urban Express Rail Transit

Table 13

Vehicle-track stationary stability and comfort indicators of the floating-slab track.

Calculation working conditionLateral-stability indexComfort index
L = 3.6 mL = 4.8 mL = 3.6 mL = 4.8 m
350450550350450550350450550350450550

Straight line-1401.7011.7001.6981.7081.7081.7090.7370.7360.7340.7410.7460.749
Straight line-1601.9411.9391.9341.9481.9491.9470.7450.7460.7420.7530.7610.762
Straight line-2002.0032.0062.0022.0072.0052.0020.9300.9420.9420.9310.9360.936
Curve-1402.1202.1172.1122.1222.1212.1201.1051.0991.0921.1191.1191.119
Curve-1602.1792.1732.1742.1812.1792.1761.2071.1971.1871.2001.2021.198
Maximum per 100 mm range of change (%)3.02.01.31.1

L: length.