Abstract: The contribution of ballast and subgrade layers behavior to railway track performance is given insufficient consideration in the current railway track models. In particular, stress- and traffic-dependent characteristics ...

Abstract: Railroad corridors contain a large number of insulated rail joints (IRJs) that act as elements (critical to safety) in the circuitries of signaling and broken rail identification systems. IRJs are regarded as sources of ...

Abstract: Passenger ride comfort (PRC) is one of the most important performance indicators of railway transportation. The current methods for computation and evaluation of railway ride comfort require measurement of train accelerations ...