Dynamic responses of a continuous beam railway bridge under moving high speed train with random track irregularity

This paper addresses the dynamic response of a continuous beam bridge with different levels of track irregularities under a single, moving high-speed train. The train is modeled as one-foot sprung masses. The bridge is described as an Euler-Bernoulli beam supported by several hinged supports. Rayleigh damping coefficients of the bridge are calculated by using the modal damping ratio. Random track irregularities are generated by power spectrum density functions. The interaction equation of motion is derived and then solved by using the Newmark-beta method combined with the Newton-Raphson method. The dynamic impact factors of a single-span simply supported bridge and a five-span continuous beam bridge under the same train are calculated and compared for verification. Additionally, a three-span continuous beam bridge with various damping ratios and track irregularities under a Korea Train Express (KTX) train is used as an example to investigate the dynamic impact factors at the midpoints of different bridge spans in both downward and upward directions, the deck rotations at the bridge supports, and the average maximum acceleration of the train bodies under different conditions.

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