Many railway turnouts are often installed near metro depots and stations,leading to significant environmental vibrations reaching nearby infrastructure.Vibration in turnout zones can originate from various sources,suc...Many railway turnouts are often installed near metro depots and stations,leading to significant environmental vibrations reaching nearby infrastructure.Vibration in turnout zones can originate from various sources,such as rail joints,wheel-load transitions,uneven stiffnesses,rail corrugation,and small-radius curves.These factors contribute to turnout zones having considerably higher vibration levels than plain track sections.Additionally,in urban rapid transit systems,higher train speeds exacerbate wheel–rail impact excitation,further intensifying such vibrations.Despite turnout zones accounting for a large share of environmental vibrations,there have been few systematic studies on their specific sources and mechanisms in the context of rapid transit systems.This knowledge gap has hindered the development and optimization of vibration mitigation strategies for turnout structures.Therefore,in this study,we investigate five representative sets of turnouts from a rapid transit system in a Chinese city,with train speeds ranging from 80 to 150 km/h.Field tests were conducted on real operating trains,with vibration accelerations measured at turnout rails and tunnel walls.This study systematically examines the effects of turnout structure,train carriage position,speed,and vibration mitigation measures on the vibration source characteristics.Time-frequency methods were employed to analyze the test data.Our findings reveal that when train speeds exceed 100 km/h,leading and trailing carriages passing through turnouts induce low-frequency vibrations below 80 Hz,thus generating vibrations in the human-sensitive frequency range.Moreover,train-induced vibrations in turnout zones are primarily concentrated in three frequency bands:0–20 Hz(associated with structural and stiffness irregularities in the turnouts),50–80 Hz(P2 resonance of the wheel–rail system),and 150–200 Hz(natural frequencies of the rails).展开更多
The effects of fiber volume fraction on damping properties of carbon fiber three-dimensional and five-directional( 3D-5Dir)braided carbon fiber / epoxyres in composite cantilever beams were studied by experimental mod...The effects of fiber volume fraction on damping properties of carbon fiber three-dimensional and five-directional( 3D-5Dir)braided carbon fiber / epoxyres in composite cantilever beams were studied by experimental modal analysis method. Meanwhile,carbon fiber plain woven laminated / epoxy resin composites with different fiber volume fraction were concerned for comparison. The experimental result of braided specimens shows that the first three orders of natural frequency increase and the first three orders of the damping ratios of specimens decrease, when the fiber volume fraction increases. Furthermore,larger fiber volume fraction will be valuable for the better anti-exiting property of braided composites,and get an opposite effect on dissipation of vibration energy. The fiber volume fraction is an important factor for vibration performance design of braided composites. The comparison between the braided specimens and laminated specimens reveals that 3D braided composites have a wider range of damping properties than laminated composites with the same fiber volume fractions.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U2568212,52388102,52478474,and 52472458)the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Nos.2025NSFTD0013,2024NSFSC0003,and 2025YFHZ0035)the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2023YFB2604304,2023YFB2604302,and 2023YFB2604303).
文摘Many railway turnouts are often installed near metro depots and stations,leading to significant environmental vibrations reaching nearby infrastructure.Vibration in turnout zones can originate from various sources,such as rail joints,wheel-load transitions,uneven stiffnesses,rail corrugation,and small-radius curves.These factors contribute to turnout zones having considerably higher vibration levels than plain track sections.Additionally,in urban rapid transit systems,higher train speeds exacerbate wheel–rail impact excitation,further intensifying such vibrations.Despite turnout zones accounting for a large share of environmental vibrations,there have been few systematic studies on their specific sources and mechanisms in the context of rapid transit systems.This knowledge gap has hindered the development and optimization of vibration mitigation strategies for turnout structures.Therefore,in this study,we investigate five representative sets of turnouts from a rapid transit system in a Chinese city,with train speeds ranging from 80 to 150 km/h.Field tests were conducted on real operating trains,with vibration accelerations measured at turnout rails and tunnel walls.This study systematically examines the effects of turnout structure,train carriage position,speed,and vibration mitigation measures on the vibration source characteristics.Time-frequency methods were employed to analyze the test data.Our findings reveal that when train speeds exceed 100 km/h,leading and trailing carriages passing through turnouts induce low-frequency vibrations below 80 Hz,thus generating vibrations in the human-sensitive frequency range.Moreover,train-induced vibrations in turnout zones are primarily concentrated in three frequency bands:0–20 Hz(associated with structural and stiffness irregularities in the turnouts),50–80 Hz(P2 resonance of the wheel–rail system),and 150–200 Hz(natural frequencies of the rails).
基金Tianjin Municipal Science and Technologies Commission,China(Nos.10SYSYJC27800,1ZCKFSF00500)
文摘The effects of fiber volume fraction on damping properties of carbon fiber three-dimensional and five-directional( 3D-5Dir)braided carbon fiber / epoxyres in composite cantilever beams were studied by experimental modal analysis method. Meanwhile,carbon fiber plain woven laminated / epoxy resin composites with different fiber volume fraction were concerned for comparison. The experimental result of braided specimens shows that the first three orders of natural frequency increase and the first three orders of the damping ratios of specimens decrease, when the fiber volume fraction increases. Furthermore,larger fiber volume fraction will be valuable for the better anti-exiting property of braided composites,and get an opposite effect on dissipation of vibration energy. The fiber volume fraction is an important factor for vibration performance design of braided composites. The comparison between the braided specimens and laminated specimens reveals that 3D braided composites have a wider range of damping properties than laminated composites with the same fiber volume fractions.
