Purpose–MxV Rail conducted multiple single tie push tests(STPTs)between 2020 and 2023 to assess the changes in lateral tie resistance from tonnage accumulation,dynamic track stabilizers(DTS),tie type and ballast cond...
"PSPC Régions n°2"("Projets Structurants des Pôles de Compétitivitéen région");funded by Conseil Régional Hauts-de-France and BPI.
Developing the railway transport sector is a challenging scientific,economic and social research topic starting with ensuring human security.The main topic that should be developed in that sense is the ballast stabili...
Utilizing the ballast layer with more durable and stable characteristics can help avoid significant expenses due to decreased maintenance efforts.Strengthening the ballast layer with different types of reinforcements ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.12202107,51578469 and 11790283;the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power,Southwest Jiaotong University under Grant No.TPL2009;the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grant No.2020A1515111116;the Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grant Nos.202102020636 and 2024A04J2067。
Railway ballast is easily contaminated by different fouling material and the fouled ballast always causes the deterioration of railway track.Many previous studies focused on the effect of a certain kind of fouling mat...
Challenges associated with path-following control for commercial displacement vessels under varying loading and draught conditions are addressed in this study.Adaptive control with the adaptation law technique is used...
supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant Number GZC20240099;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant Number 2024XKRC034 and 2022JBQY009。
Tamping squeeze is essential for maintaining ballasted tracks.Previous studies have simulated squeezing behavior as a linear motion with a constant squeezing distance,which is unsuitable for various ballast beds in th...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52372425);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Science and Technology Leading Talent Team Poject) Grant No. 2022JBXT010。
During the operation of sandy railways, the challenge posed by wind-blown sand is a persistent issue. An in-depth study on the influence of wind-blown sand content on the macroscopic and microscopic mechanical propert...
The Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(grant No.21ZR1465400)is greatly appreciated for providing financial support to this research.
Due to the excellent drainage performance of the ballast,existing studies mainly focus on the dynamic response of ballast under field capacity or saturation.Attention has rarely been paid to dynamic changes in moistur...
Purpose-The main objective of the present research is to investigate the benefits of using geogrid reinforcement in minimizing the rate of deterioration of ballasted rail track geometry resting on soft clay and to exp...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan of China(2022YFD2001201);the Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation(2023-ZZ-112);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52272444);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20230548).
In response to the problems of excessive greenhouse-gas and particulate emissions and the low traction efficiency of conventional diesel tractors in the field,a purely electric wheel-side drive tractor was studied,inc...