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Title:

Analysis Of The Stress State Of A Railway Sleeper Using Coupled FEM-DEM Simulation

Authors:

Akos Orosz, Peter T. Zwierczyk

Published in:

 

 

2020). ECMS 2020 Proceedings Edited by: Mike Steglich, Christian Muller, Gaby Neumann, Mathias Walther, European Council for Modeling and Simulation.

 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.7148/2020

ISSN: 2522-2422 (ONLINE)

ISSN: 2522-2414 (PRINT)

ISSN: 2522-2430 (CD-ROM)

 

ISBN: 978-3-937436-68-5
ISBN: 978-3-937436-69-2(CD)

 

Communications of the ECMS , Volume 34, Issue 1, June 2020,

United Kingdom

 

Citation format:

Akos Orosz, Peter T. Zwierczyk (2020). Analysis Of The Stress State Of A Railway Sleeper Using Coupled FEM-DEM Simulation, ECMS 2020 Proceedings Edited By: Mike Steglich, Christian Mueller, Gaby Neumann, Mathias Walther European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2020-0261

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7148/2020-0261

Abstract:

This paper deals with a coupled finite-discrete element simulation of a railway sleeper. The analysis aimed to show the trends of the stress state of a concrete sleeper during a conventional loading in the case of a crushed stone ballast bed. A typical discrete element analysis helps the engineers to analyze the behavior of the bulk material. The finite element analysis assists in examining the continuum materials. The railway tracks are complex systems, using both of the methods need to understand the interaction between the connected elements. The applied one-way coupled analysis highlighted the trends of the peak stresses on a concrete sleeper caused by the individual stones.

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