Table 1 Properties of the rail track fastening system50.
From: Flexural band gaps and vibration control of a periodic railway track
Component | Property | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Rail | Density \((\rho )\) | 7850 \({\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}}^{3}\) | |
Modulus of elasticity \((E)\) | 2.1E11 \(\mathrm{N}/{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\) | ||
Area of cross-section \((A)\) | 77.45E-4 \({\mathrm{m}}^{2}\) | ||
Second moment of inertia | \({I}_{yy}\) | 5.24E-6 \({\mathrm{m}}^{4}\) | |
\({I}_{zz}\) | 32.17E-6 \({\mathrm{m}}^{4}\) | ||
Fastening | Stiffness in lateral direction | Translational \(({k}_{z})\) | 10E6 \(\mathrm{N}/\mathrm{m}\) |
Rotational \(({k}_{\varphi y})\) | 7E4 \(\mathrm{Nm}/\mathrm{rad}\) | ||
Stiffness in vertical direction | Translational \(({k}_{y})\) | 35E6 \(\mathrm{N}/\mathrm{m}\) | |
Rotational \(({k}_{\varphi z})\) | 5E6 \(\mathrm{Nm}/\mathrm{rad}\) | ||
Spacing \((l)\) | 0.625 \(\mathrm{m}\) | ||