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Application Of Vibration Measurements And Finite Element Model Updating For Structural Health Monitoring Of Ballasted Railtrack Sleepers With Voids And Pockets, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Alexander Remennikov
Application Of Vibration Measurements And Finite Element Model Updating For Structural Health Monitoring Of Ballasted Railtrack Sleepers With Voids And Pockets, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Alexander Remennikov
Alex Remennikov
Although vibration measurements are very useful and common in practice nowadays in many applications related to mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering, the utilisation in railtrack infrastructure and facilities is not widely established. This chapter deals with the application of vibration measurements and finite element model updating to the assessment of ballasted railtrack sleepers, in particular with a void and pocket condition. It describes the concept of vibration measurements and the understanding into the dynamic behaviour of ballasted railtrack sleepers. It discusses briefly on the development of finite element model of in-situ sleeper and its updating. Then, the application to structural …
Trends In Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring Of Railway Sleepers, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Alexander Remennikov
Trends In Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring Of Railway Sleepers, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Alexander Remennikov
Alex Remennikov
Today vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) has been widely used in many applications, i.e. mechanical, civil, or aerospace engineering. Over last decades, SHM has been investigated for uses in those applications as an alternative tool to the costly visual inspections. Most of the SMH applications make effective use of experimental modal analysis and finite element model updating whereas this approach consumes reasonable cost for instrumentation and device (generally only a few accelerometers installed on the structure). In railway communities however, SHM technologies have not been widely adopted as the rail track engineers lack efficient tools and instrumentation to process the …
Deterioration Of Dynamic Rail Pad Characteristics, Alexander Remennikov, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Karl Ikaunieks
Deterioration Of Dynamic Rail Pad Characteristics, Alexander Remennikov, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Karl Ikaunieks
Alex Remennikov
Impact loads applied to concrete sleepers, either due to the wheel flats of a train or rail abnormalities, may cause the sleepers to crack. The rail pads have been used to attenuate the effect of these impact loads on concrete sleepers and on the substructures in ballasted railway tracks. The rail pads experience high intensity loads due to wheel impacts and, as a result, the pad properties deteriorate during the service life. The consequences can be significant for the dynamic behaviour of railway tracks, interaction of vehicle and track, and impact forces on track components. However, there is currently no …
Investigation Of Vibration Characteristics Of Prestressed Concrete Sleepers In Free-Free And In-Situ Conditions, Alexander Remennikov, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Investigation Of Vibration Characteristics Of Prestressed Concrete Sleepers In Free-Free And In-Situ Conditions, Alexander Remennikov, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Alex Remennikov
This paper presents results of an experimental modal analysis of prestressed concrete sleepers in both free-free and in-situ conditions. Four types of prestressed concrete sleepers were provided by the Australian manufacturers. The concrete sleepers were tested using an impact hammer excitation technique over the frequency range of interest: 0 to1600 Hz. Frequency response functions (FRFs) were measured using the Bruel&Kjaer PULSE dynamic analyser. The FRFs were processed using the STARModal analysis package to identify natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes for the sleepers. The conclusions are presented on the effect of boundary conditions on the dynamic properties of prestressed …