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Area of Science:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering

Background:

  • Continuous welded rails (CWR) experience significant longitudinal stress due to temperature fluctuations.
  • Accurate estimation of rail neutral temperature (RNT) is crucial for preventing rail buckling and ensuring track safety.
  • Current methods for assessing rail stress and RNT can be invasive or labor-intensive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate a non-invasive technique for estimating longitudinal stress in CWR.
  • To infer the rail neutral temperature (RNT) using the developed non-invasive method.
  • To demonstrate the efficacy of combining finite element method (FEM), vibration measurements, and machine learning (ML) for this application.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized finite element method (FEM) to model the relationship between rail stress and vibration characteristics (frequencies and mode shapes).
  • Employed machine learning (ML) algorithms trained on numerical analysis results to predict stress or RNT.
  • Collected field data using accelerometers on a CWR track and validated the ML models through hyperparameter optimization and k-fold cross-validation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed non-invasive technique successfully estimated longitudinal stress and inferred RNT in field tests.
  • The accuracy of the technique was found to be dependent on the fidelity of the FEM model and accurate mode shape identification.
  • Machine learning models demonstrated the ability to predict RNT effectively even with limited experimental training data.

Conclusions:

  • The integrated approach of FEM, vibration analysis, and ML offers a viable non-invasive solution for CWR stress and RNT estimation.
  • This technique has the potential to enhance railway safety and maintenance strategies.
  • Further refinement of the modeling and data acquisition could improve the precision of the RNT prediction.