The Centrifugal Modeling of Reinforcement on Approaches to Railway Bridges

Abstract

ENG: The purpose of the research is to test models of sections with transient stiffness on approaches to railway bridges in the laboratory. The feasibility of the proposed methods of reinforcing the transient stiffness areas to ensure normal operation and avoid the formation of significant deformations had been tested. Centrifugal simulation of three types of reinforcement of transition section had been performed. The deformations of the models of the section with transient stiffness on approach to the railway bridge had been obtained. A comparative analysis of the results of centrifugal experiments had been performed. The effectiveness of each of the reinforcement options had been determined and the most rational method of reinforcement had been concluded.