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Measurement and Modelling of Resilient Rubber Rail-Pads

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Abstract

Rail-pads are those track components which can be replaced comparatively easily in order to influence track dynamics. Quasi-static measurements as well as dynamic measurements have been performed in the low frequency range (0 – 40 Hz) and in the high frequency range (100 – 2000 Hz). The results are given as hysteresis curves and as stiffness values. In addition to secant and tangent stiffness an equivalent stiffness has been introduced. The stiffness values are frequency dependent. More significantly, they depend on the preload and on the amplitude of the harmonically varying load. Up to now a consistent time-domain model for rail-pads is not available.

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  1. Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Technische Universität Berlin, Marchstr. 12, D-10587, Berlin, Germany

    Klaus Knothe

  2. Siemens Transportation Systems, Locomotive, D-80997, München, Germany

    Minyi Yu

  3. Continental Aktiengesellschaft, System Engineering - Development Chassis Systems, D-30419, Hannover, Germany

    Heike Ilias

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  1. Institut für Mechanik, Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 11, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Karl Popp

  2. Institut B für Mechanik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70550, Stuttgart, Germany

    Werner Schiehlen

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Knothe, K., Yu, M., Ilias, H. (2003). Measurement and Modelling of Resilient Rubber Rail-Pads. In: Popp, K., Schiehlen, W. (eds) System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and Subgrade. Lecture Notes in Applied Mechanics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45476-2_16

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