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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Railways and Transport | |
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| Evolution of the railways | |
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| Rail transport characteristics | |
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| Evolution of railway traffic | |
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| The dual nature of the railways: business and technology | |
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| High-speed trains | |
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| The Channel Tunnel Project | |
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| Aerotrain and Maglev | |
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| Other transportation services with good prospects for the railways | |
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| International railway institutions | |
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| The Track System | |
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| Areas of railway engineering: track, traction, operation | |
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| The components of the track system | |
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| Track on ballast and concrete slab | |
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| Track gauge | |
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| Load per axle and traffic load | |
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| Sleeper spacing | |
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| The wheel-rail contact | |
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| Transverse wheel oscillations along the rail | |
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| Rail mounting angle on sleeper | |
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| Load gauge | |
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| Forces generated by rail vehicle movement - static and dynamic analysis | |
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| Influence of the forces generated on passenger comfort | |
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| Construction cost of a new railway line | |
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| Railway Subgrade | |
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| The importance of the railway subgrade on track quality and its functions | |
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| Geotechnical analyses and soil classifications | |
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| Hydrogeological conditions | |
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| Classification of the railway subgrade | |
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| Mechanical characteristics of the subgrade | |
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| The formation layer | |
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| Impact of traffic load on the subgrade | |
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| Impact of maintenance conditions on the subgrade | |
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| Fatigue behaviour of the subgrade | |
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| Frost protection of railway lines | |
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| Track subgrade in trenches and on embankments - slope gradients | |
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| The reinforced soil technique in railway engineering | |
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| Geotextiles in railway subgrades | |
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| Mechanical Behaviour of Track | |
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| Analysis of vertical phenomena - track coefficients | |
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| Approached elastic analysis of vertical effects - Zimmermann's method | |
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| Accurate static analysis of vertical effects - Finite-element method | |
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| Dynamic analysis of the track-subgrade system | |
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| Additional dynamic loading | |
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| Design of the track-subgrade system | |
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| Vibrations from rail traffic | |
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| The Rail | |
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| Rail profiles | |
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| Choice of rail section | |
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| Rail steel grade, mechanical strength and chemical composition | |
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| Stress analysis of rail | |
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| Analysis of the mechanical behaviour of the rail by the finite-element and the photoelasticity methods | |
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| Rail fatigue | |
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| Rail defects | |
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| Permissible rail wear | |
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| Optimum lifetime of a rail | |
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| Fishplates | |
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| The continuous-welded rail | |
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| Sleepers - Fastenings | |
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| The various types of sleepers | |
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| Steel sleepers | |
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| Timber sleepers | |
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| Concrete sleepers | |
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| The twin-block reinforced-concrete sleeper | |
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| The prestressed-concrete monoblock sleeper | |
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| Stresses developing under the sleepers | |
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| Track on concrete slab | |
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| Fastenings | |
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| Resilient pads | |
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| Numerical application for the dimensioning of the various track components | |
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| Ballast | |
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| Functions of the ballast and subballast | |
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| Geometrical characteristics of ballast | |
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| Mechanical behaviour of ballast | |
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| Ballast hardness | |
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| Ballast dimensioning | |
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| Ballast cross-sections | |
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| Laying the track | |
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| Transverse Effects - Derailment | |
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| Transverse effects | |
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| Transverse track forces | |
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| Transverse track resistance | |
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| Influence of ballast characteristics on transverse track resistance | |
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| Influence of sleeper type and characteristics on transverse track resistance | |
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| Additional measures and special equipment used to increase transverse resistance | |
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| Derailment | |
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| Track Layout | |
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| Rail vehicle running on curve and on transition arc | |
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| Theoretical and actual values of cant - permissible values of transverse acceleration | |
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| Limit values of cant and acceleration | |
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| Calculation of transition curve | |
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| Calculation of the circular arc | |
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| Case of consecutive same sense and antisense curves | |
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| Superelevation ramp | |
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| Combining maximum and minimum speeds | |
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| Correlation of the speed on a curve and of its curvature radius | |
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| Gradients | |
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| Vertical transition curves | |
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| Layout design using tables | |
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| Layout design using computer methods | |
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| Construction of a new railway line | |
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| Switches and Crossings | |
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| Purpose of switches and crossings and their functions | |
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| Arrangement and components of a turnout | |
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| Various forms of turnouts | |
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| Running speed on turnouts | |
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| Derailment protection on switches and crossings | |
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| Switches and crossings for high speeds | |
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| Sleeper and track layout in turnouts and crossings | |
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| Manual and automatic switch operation | |
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| Track Maintenance | |
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| Parameters influencing track maintenance | |
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| Definitions and parameters associated with track defects | |
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| Track defects | |
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| Track defect recording methods | |
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| Limit values of track defects | |
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| Progress of track defects | |
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| Mechanical equipment for maintenance works | |
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| Scheduling maintenance operations | |
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| Technical considerations for track maintenance works | |
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| Weed control | |
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| Train Dynamics | |
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| Train traction | |
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| Forces acting during train motion | |
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| Specific traction force or starting force of a train | |
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| Adhesion forces | |
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| Required train power | |
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| Train acceleration and deceleration | |
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| Train braking | |
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| Line scheduling | |
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| Components of a pulled rail vehicle | |
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| Dynamic stability of a rail vehicle | |
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| Vehicles with body tilting on curves | |
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| Diesel and Electric Traction | |
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| The various traction systems | |
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| Steam traction | |
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| From steam traction to diesel traction and electric traction | |
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| Diesel traction | |
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| Electric traction | |
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| Electric traction systems | |
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| Feasibility analysis of electric traction | |
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| Transmission line | |
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| Overhead line supporting poles | |
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| Substations | |
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| Synchronous and asynchronous motors | |
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| Electric locomotive maintenance - depot | |
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| List of References | |
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| Index | |