Nonlinear Finite Element Modelling of Railway Turnout System considering Bearer/Sleeper-Ballast Interaction

Table 2

Resultant deflection of sleeper 47 and computational time with varying ballast mesh size.

Mesh size (mm)	Deflection (mm)	Computational time (s)
60 × 60	2.54	24,784
70 × 70	2.32	12,638
80 × 80	2.28	10,824
90 × 90	2.59	5,655
100 × 100	2.54	5,547