Energy Method Solution for the Vertical Deformation of Longitudinally Coupled Prefabricated Slab Track

Table 2

Comparison of vertical deformation between analytical solution and the result of the FEM.

Number	/m	/m	Analytical solution; /m	ANSYS; /m	Relative error
1	0.002	0.004	0.002	0.001995	0.25%
2	0.0025	0.005	0.0025	0.002525	1.0%
3	0.003	0.006	0.003	0.003022	0.73%
4	0.0035	0.007	0.0035	0.003473	0.77%
5	0.004	0.008	0.004	0.003992	0.2%
6	0.0045	0.009	0.0045	0.004383	2.6%
7	0.005	0.01	0.005	0.004868	2.64%