Research Article

Train Moving Load-Induced Vertical Superimposed Stress at Ballasted Railway Tracks

Table 1

Database of railway geometric parameters in China and France.

SiteYear (y)Axle load (t)Track type (kg/m)Type of tiesL (m)B (m)Ballast typeDmax (m)hB (m)φB (°)h2 (m)φ2 (°)Reference

Orleans-Montauban railway201425Concrete1.30.3Gravel0.060.55410.4371Lamas-lopez et al. [26]
10.5Zhang et al. [8]
Qin-Shen passenger rail lineSection 10.4
Section 4200214.560Concrete1.10.28Gravel0.060.355210.4251Nie et al. [45]
Section 20.6
Da-Qin railway20042575Concrete1.00.26Gravel0.0750.455013301Zhao [46]
Guangzhou-Shenzhen199422.560Concrete1.30.27Gravel0.0480.45482Li [43]
Beijing circuit railway199322.560Concrete1.20.26Gravel0.060.35542Li [43]
Han and Zhang [42]
Xiaoshan-Ningbo200022.560Concrete1.20.27Gravel0.060.45492Han and Zhang [42]
Jinan-Qingdao23Concrete1.10.29Gravel0.050.45492Liu and Xiao [44]
Tianjin-Pukou14Concrete1.30.29Gravel0.050.6532Liu and Xiao [44]
Haerbin-Beian19.643Concrete1.30.26Gravel0.060.4452Li [43]
Hangzhou-Nanchang20.143Concrete1.30.26Gravel0.060.4532Li [43]
2043442Li [43]

1Compiled from the literatures. 2Estimated by equation (6).