Modern Railway Track - Esveld

1 Modern Railway TrackSecond EditionMODERN Railway TRACKS econd EditionCoenraad EsveldProfessor of Railway EngineeringDelft University of Technology2001 MRT-ProductionsDelft University of TechnologyEditing: Dior Zwarthoed-van NieuwenhuizenLayout: Jan van t Zand, TU DelftDrawings: TU DelftProduction: Koninklijke van de Garde BVISBN 90-800324-3-3 SISO UDC Copyright 2001 C. EsveldThis work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the right of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitations, broadcas-tings, reproduction on microfilm or in other ways, and storage in data banks.

2 Duplication of this publi-cation or parts thereof is only permitted under the Dutch Copyright book can be ordered from:MRT-Productions . Box 331 . NL-5300 AH Zaltbommel . The NetherlandsTel.: +31 418 516369 . Fax: +31 418 516372 . Email: contributions to this Second Edition were made by the following persons:Norbert Frank, Voest Alpine SchienenStanislav Jovanovic, TU DelftAnton Kok, TU DelftAmy de Man, TU DelftValeri Markine, TU DelftRainer Oswald, VAEP eter Scheepmaker, TU DelftRainer Wenty, Plasser & TheurerGerard van der Werf, TU Delft and ArcadisJan van t Zand, TU DelftArjen Zoeteman, TU DelftJan Zwarthoed, TU Delft and Volker Stevin Rail & TrafficModern Railway TrackSecond EditionTo my grandchildrenThomasMaudFiekeandDouwePubl ication of this book has been made possible thanks to the sponsoring of the following companies.

3 Main SponsorsDelft University of Technology,The NetherlandsBAM NBM Rail bv, The NetherlandsGerman Track Systems Projektgesellschaft mbH, GermanySponsorsPlasser & Theurer, AustriaVossloh Rail Fastening Systems, GermanyAdvertisersElektro-Thermit, GermanySpeno International, SwitzerlandFront Cover SponsorVossloh Rail Fastening Systems, GermanySpine SponsorPandrol, England Modern Railway Track PREFACEixAcknowledgementWith the preparation of this Second Edition many experts have assisted to provide and check existingmaterial and to write additional sections. In the first place I would like to thank my staff of the railwayengineering group of Delft University of Technology: Jan van t Zand, Peter Scheepmaker, Gerard vander Werf, Anton Kok, Valeri Markine, Ivan Shevtsov, Pedja Joksimovic and the secretaries JacquelineBarnhoorn and Sonja van den Bos.

4 I am most indebted to my students: Akke Suiker, Amy deMan, Arjen Zoeteman, S ren Rasmussen, Stanislav Jovanovic and Jan Zwarthoed for their invalua-ble ideas, suggestions and contributions. Those who have drafted significant parts have been men-tioned explicitly in the outset of the book. From TU Delft I would like to mention in particular Jan van tZand who made the entire layout of the book in would also like to express my gratitude to my colleagues of the management team of the Section forRoad and Railway Engineering at the Civil Engineering Department of TU Delft: Andr Molenaar,Peter Scheepmaker, Lambert Houben, Martin van der Ven and Abdol Miradi for their support in pro-ducing this Second the high-speed section I would like to thank the Korean High Speed Rail Corporation for contribu-ting information of the high-speed project between Seoul and Pusan.

5 In this respect I would also liketo refer to the many interesting discussions in the Special International Track Advisory Committee(SITAC), comprised of Dr. Kee-Dong Kang, Dr. Yoshihiko Sato, Mr. Serge Montagn , Prof. KlausRiessberger, Mr. Gerhard Kaess and myself, with the active assistance of Mr. Arne Svensoy, Mr. Ber-told Pfeifer and Mr. Ki-Jun information was received from my Japanese colleagues Dr. Yoshihiko Sato from the RailwayTrack System Institute, Dr. Katsutoshi Ando and Mr. Noritsugu Abe from the Railway TechnicalResearch Institute (RTRI) and Mr. Tetsuhisa Kobayashi from the Japan Railway Construction PublicCorporation (JRCPC) for which I would like to express my very much appreciated the indirect contributions by the companies and members participating in theCoordinating Committee for Railway Engineering of the Information and Technology Centre for Trans-port and Infrastructure (CROW) in The also owe much gratitude to Mr.

6 Rainer Wenty from Plasser and Theurer for revising the section ontrack maintenance and renewal, and providing information on various other related highly appreciated the input on stone blowing from Mr. Peter McMichael of Railtrack and Mr. DavidHill-Smith of AMEC section on rail grinding was checked by Mr. Wolfgang Sch ch for which I would like to expressmy the section on rails I am very grateful for the contribution of Dr. Norbert Frank from Voest AlpineSchienen, who revised large parts of the original very much appreciated the assistance of Mr. Paul Godart of NMBS/SNCB for providing the informa-tion on the work of CEN and UIC concerning new rail would like to express my gratitude to Mr.

7 Hugo Goossens of TUC Rail for the many interesting dis-cussions on Track owe much gratitude to Mr. Rainer Oswald from VAE, for his suggestions on revising the section onswitches and crossings. I would like to thank Dr. Frank Kusters of Elektro-Thermit for checking the section on ET Railway TrackxThanks to Hans Bachmann, Jens Kleeberg and (FH) Martin Kowalski ofPfleiderer I was able to incorporate the latest information of the Rheda system in the chapter on slabtrack. Furthermore essential information on Track components were provided by the suppliers, for which Iwould like to thank in particular Mr.

8 Gerrien van der Houwen of Edilon, Mr. Dirk Vorderbr ck fromVossloh, Mr. Chris Eckebus from Phoenix Benelux, Mr. David Rhodes from Pandrol, Mr. PatrickCarels of CDM and Mr. Olaf Unbehaun of the parts on inspection systems we received many contributions from the industry. I would like toexpress my thanks in particular to Mr. Anton Weel and Mr. Han Wendt of Eurailscout, Mr. Jaap Roosand Mr. Erwin Giling of TNO-TPD, Mr. Aad van der Linden and Mr. Jan van der Schee from Konink-lijke BAM NBM, Mr. Wido de Witte from Erdmann Softwaregesellschaft, Mr. Kevin Kesler of Ensco,Mrs. Danu e Marusicov of Czech railways (CD), Prof.

9 Willem Ebersohn of Amtrack, Mr. CharlesPenny of Balfour Beatty, Mr. Paolo Redi of Sistemi Energetici Integrati and Mr. Ted Slump of NSRail I would like to thank Dior van Nieuwenhuizen for her magnificent work to check and correct theEnglish would like to conclude with expressing the hope that this Second Edition will once again prove to bea useful contribution to the training of students and Railway Esveld Modern Railway Track PREFACExiPREFACEA fter the success of Modern Railway Track this Second Edition is an extension and complete revisionof the original book, in which the developments of the last ten years have been incorporated.

10 Theresearch projects carried out at the Railway Engineering Group of Delft University of Technology haveplayed a central role. The theory of Railway Track and vehicle Track interaction has been substantiallyenhanced and much more attention has been given to dynamics. Undoubtedly one of the most impor-tant extensions was the part on slab Track structures. But also Track management systems have beengiven much more attention. Numerical optimization and testing, as well as acceptance are new revising the lecture notes for the Railway course at the Civil Engineering Department of TU Delftin the period 1994 - 2000 the first edition of this book was taken as a starting point.