Estudo de comportamento dinâmico de uma ponte ferroviária considerando efeitos do lastro e de irregularidades da via

Abstract

This master’s thesis aims to investigate the dynamic behavior of a railway bridge under moving loads using the finite element method. The analysis is made considering an uncoupled vehicle-bridge-track interaction. The vehicle studied is a 9 degrees-offreedom model composed of an association of rigid bodies connected via suspension systems. The dynamic responses of the vehicle are obtained due to the speed and tracks irregularities, which are considered as both harmonic sinusoidal functions and randomic functions. After that, the vehicle forces are applied on the railway track-bridge model throw the vehicle wheels. The dynamic behavior of the railway track-bridge model is studied integrating the rail, ballast, and bridge. The rails are modeled as an elastic Euler-Bernoulli upper beam and the bridge as an Euler-Bernoulli lower beam. The sleepers and ballast are modeled using Winkler foundation for translation. The Rayleigh method is used to define structural damping. The equations of motion of both systems are integrated using Newmark’s method. Track irregularities influence are analyzed.