Research Article

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

Table 9

Vertical-vibration index of the rail.

Calculation working conditionVertical displacement of the railRMS of lateral-vibration acceleration of the floating slab
L = 3.6 mL = 4.8 mL = 3.6 mL = 4.8 m
350450550350450550350450550350450550

Straight line-1404.7944.8604.9194.0453.9804.0257.7547.7017.6827.5727.5777.671
Straight line-1604.8914.9835.0584.0384.1244.2408.6698.5668.5798.4828.4728.443
Straight line-2005.1825.3425.5064.3764.5264.61810.33110.30910.3009.9219.9869.989
Curve-1405.2585.2565.2914.2994.2364.2187.6577.6107.5867.5787.5797.607
Curve-1605.3015.3335.4104.1994.2744.4089.9098.7638.5998.5668.5868.566
Maximum per 100 mm range of change (%)3.13.411.61.2

Thickness (mm) of steel-spring floating-slab-track bed; L: length; RMS: root mean square.