This diploma thesis is focused on design and comparison of open line track procedures of work between stations Hranice na Moravě město and Hustopeče nad Bečvou. Subject is reconstruction of railway superstructure and substructure in kilometrage 7,785 598 to 15,016 545 (except section 8,173 463 to 8,700 000) of track n°1. The target of the thesis is to optimize open line track procedures by variation of technologies and mechanization.

This thesis is dealing with creation of computation model of energy harvestors. Harvestors based on translational motion and planar motion were modeled. These models were created in MSC Adams. Proposed harvestors are tranforming mechanical vibrations into electrical energy by electromagnetical induction. To achieve better electrical output, harvestors were tuned to natural frequency suitable for chosen aplication. First proposed harvestor is meant for railway track. For validation of its usability in intended application, model of railway track section is also proposed. Force generated by passing train is used for excitation of the track model. Second harvestor is nonlinear electromechanical oscilator proposed for use on unanchored sea buoy (drifter). After retuning previously proposed concept of energy harvestor to natural frequency 1.6 Hz, computation model for simulation purposes was created. After the simulation of sinusoidal excitation, the excitation based on real sea data was simulated. When excited by regular sea, the peak electric power 9 W was achieved. When excited by irregular sea the peak electrical power of the generator was 7.5 mW.

Une forte concurrence avec d'autres moyens de transport a poussé l’industrie ferroviaire à se réinventer et rechercher des performances toujours plus élevées. De nos jours, l’obtention de vitesses chaque fois plus élevées exige le développement de modèles numériques précis pour concevoir et prédire le comportement des voies ferrées sous les contraintes mécaniques imposées par le passage du convoi. Dans cette thèse, nous avons concentré l'étude sur la couche de ballast. Ce composant présente un comportement mécanique complexe, lié à la nature granulaire de ses composants, il peut être solide, liquide ou gazeux.Ce comportement dépend de l'état de contrainte et de l'historique de déformation du milieu.Deux classes de modèles numériques sont couramment utilisées pour prédire le comportement de ces systèmes : (1) les approches discrètes et (2) les approches continues. Pour ces premières, chaque grain du ballast est représenté par un corps rigide et interagit avec ses voisins parle biais de forces de contact non linéaires en utilisant, par exemple, la méthode de dynamique non régulière des contacts. En raison des limites de calcul, ce type de méthode ne peut résoudre que quelques mètres de longueur de ballast. Le couplage avec le sol sous la couche de ballast et avec les traverses reste également un problème non résolu dans la littérature. Pour les approches continues, le ballast est remplacé par un milieu continu homogénéisé, de façon à permettre l’utilisation de la méthode par éléments finis classique (EF). Cependant, ces modèles sont normalement utilisés avec des paramètres mécaniques homogènes, de sorte qu'ils ne représentent pas complètement l'hétérogénéité des déformations et des contraintes dans la couche de ballast.Nous étudions dans cette thèse une approche alternative, utilisant un modèle de continuum hétérogène stochastique, qui peut être résolu avec une méthode par éléments finis tout en conservant dans une large mesure l'hétérogénéité des champs de contrainte et de déformation.L'objectif de ce modèle continu est de représenter statistiquement l'hétérogénéité du champ de contraintes dans un modèle de milieu continu ainsi que dans un modèle granulaire discret. Pour ce faire, les propriétés mécaniques sont représentées à l'aide de champs aléatoires. La présente thèse est divisée en trois parties: (1) la construction du modèle et l'identification des paramètres du matériau continuum (densité marginale de premier ordre, moyenne, variance, modèle de corrélation) ;(2) la propagation des ondes dans une voie ferrée ballastée et (3) l’exploration préliminaire de deux ensembles de données expérimentales. La première partie définit le modèle du continuum à fluctuations aléatoires et identifie les paramètres de notre modèle de continuum sur de petits échantillons cylindriques de ballast discret. Des modèles continus équivalents aux échantillons discrets sont générés et résolus en utilisant la méthode EF, et le champ stochastique utilisé pour fournir les propriétés mécaniques. Un processus d'optimisation est utilisé pour trouver une variance normalisée pour le matériau hétérogène stochastique. La deuxième partie de ce travail se concentre sur la résolution des équations dynamiques sur un modèle à grande échelle d'une voie ferrée ballastée utilisant la méthode des éléments spectraux. L'influence de l'hétérogénéité est mise en évidence et étudiée. En conséquence,des courbes de dispersion sont obtenues. Enfin, la troisième partie présente deux jeux de données distincts de mesures expérimentales sur le matériau de ballast : (1) une boîte de ballast ; (2) un passage de train dans un segment de voie ferrée ballastée.Les courbes de mobilité ont été extraites de l'expérience sur les ballasts. Un problème inverse a été résolu afin d'estimer la vitesse de l'onde homogénéisée et la vitesse de l'onde locale dans le milieu. Les passages de trains enregistrés pour l'analyse de la vibration à moyenne fréquences. / The stronger competition with other means of transportation has increased the demand for performance in the railway industry. One way to achieve higher performance is using accurate numerical models to design/predict railways tracks behaviour. Two classes of numerical models are commonly used to predict the behaviour of these systems: (i) discrete approaches and (ii) continuum approaches. In the former, each grain of the ballast is represented by a rigid body and interacts with its neighbours through nonlinear contact forces using, for example, the nonsmooth contact dynamics method. Due to computational limits, this kind of method can only solve a few meters-length of ballast. The coupling with the soil under the ballast layer and with the sleepers also remains an open problem. In continuum approaches, the ballast is replaced by a homogenized continuum and the classical Finite Element (FE) Method (or similar) is used. However, they are normally used with homogeneous mechanical parameters, so that they do not represent fully the heterogeneity of the strains and stresses within the ballast layer. We investigate in this thesis an alternative approach using a stochastic heterogeneous continuum model, that can be solved with a FElike method while retaining to a large degree the heterogeneity of the stress and strain fields. The objective of this continuous model is to represent statistically the heterogeneity of the stress field in a continuum model as well as in a discrete granular model. To do this, the mechanical properties are represented using random fields. The present thesis is divided into three parts: (1) the construction of the model and the identification of the parameters of the continuum material (first-order marginal density, mean, variance, correlation model, and correlation length); (2) wave propagation in a ballasted railway track. (3) preliminary exploration of two experimental datasets. The first part sets the randomly-fluctuating continuum model and identifies the parameters of our continuum model on small cylindrical samples of discrete ballast. Continuum models equivalent to the discrete samples are generated and solved using the FE method, and the stochastic field used as mechanical properties. An optimization process is used to find a normalized variance for the stochastic heterogeneous material. The second part of this work concentrates on the solution of the dynamical equations on a large-scale model of a ballasted railway track using the Spectral Element Method. The influence of the heterogeneity is highlighted and studied. As a result, dispersion curves are obtained. Finally, the third part presents two distinct datasets of experimental measurements on ballast material: (1) a ballast box; (2) a train passage in a segment of ballasted railway track. Mobility curves were extracted from the ballast box experiment. An inverse problem was solved in order to estimate the homogenized wave velocity and local wave velocity in the medium. The trains pass-by recorded for the analysis of the vibration at medium frequencies.

The aim of the work is to compare different ways of measuring geometric parametrs of railway track and compare methods for guidance automatic tamping machine in estabilishing the geometrical parameters of the selected track section between train stations Brodek u Přerova - Grygov. The work contains a description of the superstructure gauging carriage and measuring system APK, whose data were used to compare the track geometry and its spatial position during the observation period. Conclusion of the work includes an assessement of individual measurements and recommendations for practise.

The rate at which a railway track deteriorates depends on the response of the track under different static and repeated dynamic forces. These wheel/rail forces lead to imperfections in the rail surface and deviation in track geometry alignment. The wheel/rail forces are dependent upon the quality of maintenance of the characteristics of both train and track. If train components such as wheelsets and suspensions are maintained to a high standard, less dynamic forces are generated at the wheel/rail interface and less damage is caused over time. Therefore, the amount and cost of maintenance of track are reduced. However, there is little known about how the characteristics of train components affect time-dependent track degradation. Track degradation through deviation of track from its ideal position has the most effect on maintenance costs. Therefore, the present research aims to investigate this track degradation and improve understanding of the effects of train characteristics (such as train mass and speed, suspension stiffness and damping) on railway tracks. The research is conducted by looking into the relationship between wheel/rail forces and track degradation on one hand and between wheel/rail forces and train characteristics on the other hand, with the objective of assisting in managing vehicle/track interaction in order to minimise track degradation. This aim is achieved by investigating the above two relationships to attain the desired relationship between track degradation and train characteristics. The research focuses on wheel/rail vertical forces (both amplitudes and frequencies), vertical track alignment (longitudinal vertical profile), and rail head defects. The study started by collecting wheel/rail vertical forces data in addition to data on vertical track degradation under sustained traffic loads on a heavy haul railway section of track in Central Queensland. Also, five years of degradation and maintenance history data were collected on three other test sections of railway track under variety of traffic conditions and loads in Central Queensland. There were four main analyses of this data employed to probe the study. The first analysis was performed by examining the track degradation history data. The standard deviation method was used in this first analysis to acquire the rate of deterioration in terms of its relationship to track profile (roughness). The second analysis was accomplished by correlating the vertical wheel/rail forces to both vertical track profile and rail roughness using signal processing principles and a function know as coherence. The third analysis was carried out by using the computer simulation software NUCARS to obtain the link between wheel/rail forces and the deterioration of the vertical track profile. The fourth analysis was achieved by combining the results obtained from the above three analyses to acquire the rate of track deterioration in terms of its relationship to varying train characteristics. The first analysis mentioned above quantified the relationship between the level of roughness of the track and rate at which that roughness deteriorated. An important outcome of this relationship is that there is a threshold of roughness below which track deterioration is minimal. The track maintenance planners can now use that threshold for cost effective targeting of tamping activities. The correlation study between track roughness and wheel/rail forces using the coherence function found, surprisingly, that the overall deterioration of the track roughness, in the absence of frequencies of forces above 30 Hz, is due to the so-called quasi-static lower frequency oscillations of dynamic forces. This conclusion together with the relationship between vehicle characteristics and track forces, established in the analyses above, has significant implications for the design of wagon bogies and for charges track owners might levy on trains using their tracks. This research is part of a larger Rail CRC project 11/4 called 'Enhancing the Optimisation of Maintenance/Renewal' being carried out in the School of Urban Development in Queensland University of Technology.

La prédiction du bruit de roulement ferroviaire est en enjeu majeur pour la maitrise des nuisances sonores. Au point de contact roue/rail, la roue et la voie sont excités de manière dynamique, ce qui enclenche le rayonnement du bruit de roulement. Les réponses vibratoires au point de contact ainsi que les taux de décroissance des ondes sont des données primordiales pour simuler de manière précise le bruit de roulement. Or, la dimension infinie de la voie ferrée conduit bien souvent à des modèles éléments finis coûteux et non adaptés à la recherche de solutions innovantes. La thèse a pour objectifs de proposer un modèle vibratoire de voie en éléments finis qui prenne en compte la dimension infinie périodique de la voie, mais aussi d’inclure une portion de voie non-périodique sur laquelle des solutions anti-vibratiles peuvent être testées. La propagation des vibrations est exprimée sous la forme d’une décomposition en ondes par la méthode WFE (Wave Finite Element). Le calcul de la réponse vibratoire de la voie périodique infinie est obtenu à partir du déplacement d’une cellule physique longue d’environ 0.6 m. Pour réduire les temps de calcul nécessaires à sa condensation dynamique, une méthode de bi-périodisation est proposée. Le couplage entre les méthodes éléments finis et WFE est développé pour prendre en considération les supports élastiques dans cette cellule. Les comparaisons avec des mobilités expérimentales ainsi que des taux de décroissance montrent un très bon accord calculs-mesures. Enfin, le modèle développé dans cette thèse a permis de tester l’efficacité d’une solution anti-vibratile innovante développée au sein du projet CERVIFER. Celle-ci offre un comportement bi-mode, elle assouplit les supports autour de la roue préservant ainsi l’infrastructure, mais elle rigidifie les supports loin de la roue pour augmenter les taux de décroissance. Les résultats numériques se révèlent prometteurs en termes d’efficacité du dispositif et entrevoient une poursuite du développement de cette solution anti-vibratile. / Railway noise is a critical issue concerning environmental noise. At the wheel/rail contact point, both the wheel and the track are dynamically excited and vibrate together to emit the well known rolling noise. The point receptance of the rail and the track decay rates are important quantities to accurately predict wheel-rail noise emission. However, the infinite dimension of the track leads to cumbersome numerical finite-element (FE) models and not adapted to assist the research of innovative solutions. The goals of this thesis are to build an efficient numerical model for calculating the vibration from an infinite railway track, but also to include a central non-periodic part with the aim of testing anti-vibration solutions. The vibration propagation along the track is expressed as a sum of different waves using the WFEM (Wave Finite Element Method). The displacements of a 0.6 m unit cell lead to the computation of the whole track. To reduce the dynamic condensation of this cell, a bi-periodic method is proposed in this thesis. The FEM - WFEM coupling is proposed to easily include elastic supports inside the unit cell. Results show a good correlation between test and calculation. Finally, the model proposed in this thesis was used to test the efficiency of an innovative anti-vibration solution developed within the CERVIFER project. It is a dual mode device which makes the supports softer around the wheel to protect the infrastructure, and stiffer away from the wheel to increase the track decay rates. The numerical results revealed to be really promising, and they will permit to pursue the development of this anti-vibration solution.

The diploma thesis deals with the curve radius influence on lateral stability of continuous welded rail. It is presented the overview of present state of knowledge in the field of stability of continuous welded rail. In practical part is created the model of a track section. The influence of some parameters on loss of stability of CWR was studied. The results it are compare with the analytic analysis.

The theme of this diploma thesis deals with comparing technologies of reconstruction of the railway track No. 2 between railway stations Hranice na Morave and Hustopece nad Becvou in km 7,792 393 – 7,967 592 and in km 8,725 000 – 14,988 677. The aim of the thesis is to design several variants for the reconstruction of the substructure and superstructure, and then compare these variants. This thesis deals with technologies with removal of the track length and with technologies without removal of the track length. Part of the thesis is a description of used technologies and machines connected with them.

Cieľom tejto práce bolo navrhnúť alternatívny zdroj energie pre riadiacu jednotku, ktorú obsahujú komponenty traťového zabezpečovacieho zariadenia v rámci európskeho systému riadenia železničnej dopravy. V porovnaní s predchádzajúcimi harvestormi bola vďaka použitiu lineárneho elektrického generátora eliminovaná mechanická väzba, ako napr. prevodovka. To by malo zvýšiť životnosť a spoľahlivosť zariadenia. S pomocou analógie magnetických obvodov a softvéru využívajúceho metódu konečných prvkov FEMM a Ansys Maxwell, boli navrhnuté tri rôzne synchrónne generátory s permanentnými magnetmi. Simulácia v prostredí Matlab Simulink dokázala, že výsledný návrh generátora je schopný dodávať priemerný výkon 5 W počas prechodu vlaku zo stlačenia pražca väčšieho ako 2 mm.

The diploma thesis deals with the design of a sustainable urban structure of the 21st century based on a medieval town in Náměšť nad Oslavou in the Vysočina region. It is a relatively large location defined by a zoning plan for the future development of the town. The area is specific because it is located entirely on the northern slope and is directly adjacent to the railway track, which is a physical as well as noise barrier for potential construction. The aim of the thesis is to design a solution that uses the potential of the place, offers a modern and economical way of living and creates appropriate public spaces based on medieval towns. The intention is to connect the new location with the existing structure of the town and thus prevent it from becoming the city periphery.