A total of 16 concrete-filled high-strength steel tube specimens were designed to evaluate the effects of shear-to-span ratio and concrete strength on the shear behavior of concrete-filled high-strength steel tube specimens. The failure mode and shear-displacement curve of the specimens were obtaine...

Finite element model simulation of the pantograph and overhead conductor rail (OCR) system is slow, and the time cost of calculation is high. Therefore, the simulation method and process of the pantograph and OCR system using three-dimensional contact formulation were improved. Firstly, the equation...

The large eddy simulation (LES) method was applied to transiently simulate the wavy vortex field within the annular gap in Taylor-Couette and investigate the variation of fluctuations between wavy vortices. The wavy vortex field within the annulus gap was investigated from both two-dimensional and t...

Cr alloy seal ring and YG-6 cemented carbide seal ring were used to pair with impregnated graphite seal ring in a petrochemical pump at 300–400 ℃, respectively. It was found that the Cr alloy seal ring maintained good sealing performance for a long-term service, while gas leakage occurred to the cem...

Wheel-rail profile compatibility has an important influence on the dynamic performance of rail vehicles. The present standard JM₃ wheel profile has a large difference in equivalent conicity when it is matched with different types of rail profiles in China. It has the problem of locomotive swaying ca...

Land use type in China is complex, and it is difficult to accurately identify urban land use type by relying on a single remote sensing image or point of interest (POI) data. To address this issue, a fine identification method combining remote sensing images and POI data was proposed. Firstly, to fi...

Compared with traditional wheel-rail transportation, maglev trains have some irreplaceable advantages such as high speed, low noise, smooth operation, and low maintenance cost. To realize precise speed control of maglev trains in complex disturbance environments, an active disturbance rejection cont...

In view of non-uniform operation rules of ship locks and non-synchronous ship scheduling in the joint navigation scheduling of cascade hubs, a multi-dimensional nonlinear programming (MDNP) model considering ship priority was constructed with the comprehensive navigation efficiency of ships, the cos...

In order to study the influence of high-frequency signal injection (HFSI) response to electrical angle phase shift on the low-speed control accuracy of maglev trains, the constraint relationship between the control delay and the sampling delay on the angular error lag was considered, and a compensat...

In order to explore the variation of the vulnerability of the en-route network caused by cascading failure, the vulnerability of the en-route network was analyzed based on the cascading failure process of different attack methods. By combining with the actual overcapacity operation of the en-route n...

To address the limitations of using an advance guide tunnel for controlling large deformations of surrounding rock in soft rock tunnels, a deformation control method of “advance stress release + circumferential (lagging) grouting + lengthened anchor rod” was proposed after a thorough analysis of the...

In order to solve the problem of difficult cutter layout on a W-shaped cutterhead for a shaft boring machine, the influence of cutter installation and arrangement parameters on the rock breaking effect of cutters was studied based on the discrete element method, and the overall layout optimization s...

The actual flexural bearing capacity of prestressed concrete pipe piles with hybrid reinforcement (PRC pipe piles) is different from the theoretical design value due to the influence of prestressed control level and hybrid reinforcement, which leads to the potential risk of pile body damage or perfo...

To investigate the feasibility of laying seamless turnouts in plateau areas and the influence of plateau climate on the stability of seamless turnouts across areas, the effect of stress-free temperature difference on the force characteristics of seamless turnouts under different climates, elevations...

To overcome the issues of huge computation and low retrieval efficiency in extracting planar open path by numerical atlas, a dimension synthesis approach was proposed based on chord angle descriptor. To begin with, by using the invariance of translation, rotation, and scaling of the chord angle desc...

To enhance the precision and effectiveness of vehicle collision accident reconstruction, equations for calculating collision velocities were formulated based on the conservation laws of momentum and angular momentum. Using rotational transformations of the collision coordinate system, an analytical ...

Objective: Railway operators enhance the alignment between transportation services and passenger demand by making quarterly adjustments to the basic train timetable and daily preparation of the next-day train operation plan based on the basic timetable. However, the structural complexity of the basi...

As one of the important contents of health monitoring of concrete structure, crack detection reflects the stress and damage state of the structure, and the detection and evaluation is the core technology to ensure structure safety for service. The traditional detection methods have limited coverage ...

In order to study the seismic fragility of subway stations situated in loess sites, a typical two-story three-span subway station structure in a loess area was chosen as a representative example, and incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) was conducted on the subway station structure by using the ground...

To reduce insufficient displacement in the contact area between the movable point frog’s point rail and wing rail, minimize transition force at the transition points of point rail, and improve the frog’s longitudinal smoothness, an optimization method for the design parameters and key components of ...

To find out the shear bearing capacity and its calculation method of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) keyed joints, a full-scale model test of five UHPC keyed joints and a UHPC flat joint were carried out with the joint type and lateral compressive stress as parameters. The failure mode and th...

In the electric truck route planning problem with time windows, electric trucks may need to queue up when they go to charging stations for charging. To study the impact of different charging station configuration schemes on vehicle route planning and system performance, the queuing model was first b...

In order to improve the force performance and durability of assembled bridge piers, it was proposed to adopt the assembled bridge piers with hybrid connection of cast-in-place fiber-reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC) and assembled mortise and tenon joints and carry out the pseudo-st...

The intensifying global climate change is increasingly affecting the operational performance of existing transportation infrastructure due to extreme climatic events such as heavy precipitation, high temperatures, low temperatures, and drought, leading to severe damage. Meanwhile, with the further i...

To address the issue of settlement and cracking of adjacent roads during the excavation of urban foundation pits, the research object was extended from a one-dimensional structure to a two-dimensional structure based on the Winkler theory. Firstly, a calculation model for the settlement field caused...

In the context of power supply resource sharing between different lines through interchange stations, optimizing the power supply system design can help reduce active power losses in the network. By considering the constraints of multi-operation scenarios, a novel optimal design method for a power s...

To investigate the friction and sliding performance of laminated-rubber bearings under aging conditions, heat aging tests and quasi-static tests were conducted based on the related provisions of shear aging resistance in the bearing specification. Firstly, the actual working state of the bearing in ...

To study the fatigue damage inflicted on hangers by high-speed trains passing over a concrete-filled steel-tube tied-arch bridge, field dynamic load tests were conducted against the backdrop of the Qinjiang Bridge in Qinzhou, Guangxi Province. These tests measured the bridge’s modal parameters, disp...

The hydro-pneumatic suspension has the functions of cushioning and damping, body attitude adjustment, etc., but its structure is complex, with large pressure impact and high wear resistance and sealing. The excellent suspension cylinder structure, hydro-pneumatic suspension system, and control metho...

For the compressive sensing algorithm, the correlation between measurement matrix and sparse base always determines the accuracy of signal recovery. In order to improve the performance of the compressive sensing algorithm in signal reconstruction in large-scale communication scenarios, the measureme...

To optimize the deterioration assessment and maintenance of ballasted tracks, it is of great value to study the breakage process and mechanism of ballast particles. Through a uniaxial breakage test on the single ballast particle, the equivalent stress required for its failure was determined. The def...

In order to study the injection law of each nozzle hole of the common rail injector, an injection pattern measuring device for multi-hole injectors was developed based on the momentum method. Under different load conditions, the developed device was used to measure the injection rate of each nozzle ...

Rock strength is a critical parameter for assessing rock stability and safety. Efficient and accurate prediction of rock strength can effectively guide tunnel excavation and support. Digital drilling parameters and mechanical property data of rock were collected from various devices. By analyzing en...

To effectively evaluate the reliability level of the LS-FA-211001 suction anchor during application, the cumulative effect of external loads was considered, and a time-dependent reliability model was established under cyclic loads. The time-dependent reliability analysis of the suction anchor was ca...

In order to evaluate the prediction accuracy of typical stress-dilatancy rules on the mechanical response of common geomaterials, propose a stress-dilatancy rule suitable for rocks, and improve the accuracy of constitutive models, typical stress-dilatancy rules were compared with experimental data t...

The design speed of the superconducting maglev train reaches 600 km/h, causing intensified flow around the vehicle body and a sharp rise in aerodynamic loads. To study the train’s levitation state under aerodynamic loads, the finite element method was used, and the SST k-ω turbulence model was adopt...

To evaluate the design rationality and operation reliability of the magnetically suspended fluid machinery, the API617 standard was applied to analyze its vibration and stability. Firstly, the relevant specifications and requirements for magnetically suspended fluid machinery in the API617 standard ...

Objective: The permanent magnet electrodynamic suspension (PMEDS) vehicle, with its integrated levitation and propulsion system, shows significant potential for applications in areas such as ultra-high-speed and heavy-load highways, as well as mountainous road transportation. However, the PMEDS vehi...

To study the mechanical constitutive model of steel bridge coating, uniaxial tensile tests were carried out on the long-lasting coating system, obtaining the stress–strain curves for the topcoat, intermediate coat, primer, and composite coating. The unified expression for the constitutive equation o...

The soil–phyllite mixtures are widely distributed in the northwest of Sichuan, and excavation of slopes in these areas under rainfall conditions can cause large-scale instability, posing threats to the safety of transportation engineering construction and operation. The permeability characteristics ...

To investigate the effect of high temperature on the deterioration of the physical and mechanical properties of sandstone, uniaxial compression tests were conducted on thermally-treated sandstone subjected to different temperatures. Firstly, the deterioration characteristics of macroscopic mechanica...

External pressure plays a crucial role in the performance of lithium metal batteries. In order to study the macroscopic performance and the microscopic lithium deposition characteristics of lithium metal batteries under different pressure conditions, the pressure test and scanning electron microscop...

For environments with high space utilization rate requirements such as high-speed motors and flywheel energy storage systems, a novel heteropolar radial hybrid magnetic bearing (HRHMB) was proposed. Firstly, the equivalent magnetic circuit model of the new magnetic bearing was established, and the c...

To optimize the T-shaped retrofitting scheme of diagonal members, the influence of structural and material parameters on the bearing capacity of the members after retrofitting was investigated through theoretical analysis, experimental study, and finite element analysis. Firstly, a theoretical model...

In order to improve the seismic performance while maintaining the original style of the slab stone walls of Tibetan and Qiang residential buildings, the construction method of putting restraints on the slab stone walls of Tibetan and Qiang residential buildings by using a reinforcement skeleton syst...

In order to implement continuous descent operation (CDO) in a congested terminal control area and estimate its CO₂ emission reduction benefits, a 4D trajectory prediction method for CDO based on data drive and optimal control theory was proposed. Firstly, the affinity propagation trajectory clusteri...

The wheel-rail interaction force is the key index to evaluate the operation quality of rail vehicles. An identification method based on the square root cubature Kalman filter (SRCKF) algorithm was proposed for online monitoring of the wheel-rail vertical force of rail vehicles. By taking the vehicle...

To study the formation mechanism of inner rail corrugation on the ladder sleeper track in the small-radius curve, a finite element model of the leading wheelset–ladder sleeper track system was developed based on the theory that self-excited frictional vibration triggered by saturated wheel-rail cree...

The rockfall events on transport lines in mountainous areas occur frequently and are sudden and random. Probability-based reliability design of protective structures is a necessary and effective means to reduce the hazard risk. However, the method of determining the design value of rockfall size, as...

In the wide speed range of sensorless control, the traditional super-twisting second-order sliding mode observer algorithm had a problem that the error of rotor position estimation would change with the speed in the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). In order to improve the control performan...

To meet the demand for 5G communication in tunnels and increase the utilization rate of trackside antennas, a dual-band trackside antenna based on metamaterials was proposed, which could support both automatic train control systems and civil 5G wireless communication. First, a miniaturized dual-band...

As chips continuously enter and leave from the tool flute during the cutting process of the motorized spindle for magnetic suspension milling, the size and distribution of the system mass are constantly changing, leading to the nonlinear change of system dynamics characteristics. To address these is...

The mechanical behavior of longitudinally connected ballastless track slabs in the transition section of subgrade and bridge is complex, and arching disease is frequent. The П-type end spine ballastless track in the transition section of subgrade and bridge was taken as the research object, and a tr...

In order to achieve the safe application of red mud-based cementitious materials in road engineering, the mechanical properties and quality of red mud-based stabilized crushed stone base under freeze-thaw cycles were studied. The influence of freeze-thaw cycle temperature and number on mechanical pr...

Vertical stiffness is critically significant for the operational safety and ride comfort of high-speed electromagnetic suspension (EMS) trains on bridges, constituting one of the essential design parameters in bridge engineering. By using a three-span continuous girder as the study object, the verti...

In order to identify the nonlinear aerodynamic forces and calculate nonlinear flutters of a nonlinear dynamic system, an autoencoder model based on the neural network method and numerical solution of motion equation was proposed. The 5∶1 rectangular cross-section was taken as the research object. Th...

The existing detection methods for the insulation of cable terminals of electric multiple units (EMUs) are complex and susceptible to onsite noise interference, and they thus have low detection efficiency. Therefore, a novel method for detecting the insulation condition of cable terminals based on e...

To accurately assess the overall safety of transmission towers with asymmetrical legs, a refined numerical model for a transmission tower with asymmetrical legs was established based on a 500 kV transmission line project. Based on the Technical Specification for the Design of Steel Supporting Struct...

To achieve high-quality coordinated development of roadbed and environment in mountainous railways, a coupling optimization and regulation method of roadbed and environment was proposed. Firstly, the compatibility and symbiosis between the railway roadbed and the environment were defined, and a gree...

To study the heat–mass transfer patterns and structural damage mechanisms of sulfate saline soil under freeze–thaw cycles, a freeze–thaw cycle test was carried out under non-pressurized supply condition with saline soil from Hexi Corridor as the research object. The pore structure damage mechanism o...

In the application scenarios of unbalanced samples such as airborne lithium-ion battery failure identification, the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm has the problem of hyperplane offset separation. To address this issue, the segmented penalty parameter support vector machine (SPP-SVM) algorith...

Efficient geographic and geological knowledge services for railway engineering form a crucial foundation for supporting the multi-scale and multi-disciplinary intelligent applications of digital twin technology in railways. To improve the completeness of query results and enhance the capability for ...

Transformer insulation level and health state are crucial to the safety and stability of the power grid. In order to study the practical engineering problem that the audible acoustic signals collected outside the box may be mixed with other interference signals, such as corona sound and bird song wh...

In order to study the variation law of water film thickness of multi-lane drainage asphalt pavement under ultimate rainfall intensity, a full-scale experimental section of multi-lane drainage asphalt pavement was constructed in the laboratory based on the seepage characteristics of drainage asphalt ...

To address the irregular noise distribution and the high difficulty of semantic segmentation in railway yard catenary point clouds, and to enhance the detection of catenary anomalies. First, the railway yard catenary scene data is analyzed, and a knowledge framework is constructed for extracting cat...

Rapidly obtaining co-seismic landslide distribution and conducting disaster assessments after earthquakes are vital for effective emergency relief and reconstruction. Therefore, in this study, the InSAR data-Newmark physical fusion driver model (IDNPM) was used to rapidly assess the landslides trigg...

The 5th generation mobile communication technology (5G) has advantages such as a high connection rate and large system capacity, which can support the development of marshalling station communication systems. However, the 5G antenna parameter planning is challenging due to the large amount of calcul...

In bridge health monitoring based on finite element models, Bayesian model updating techniques are commonly used to quantify the uncertainties of important parameters in the finite element models, so as to address the issue of non-uniqueness in model updating caused by measurement errors, modeling e...

In order to solve problems of slow system response speed and poor anti-interference ability in the position control of the rotor of active magnetic bearings (AMBs), a position control method combining the non-singular fast terminal sliding function with the improved super-twisting reaching law was p...

The positioning and lowering construction of large prefabricated steel caissons for cross-sea bridges is facing significant threats from the complex marine environment, including extreme waves and currents. In-depth research on the dynamic characteristics of the steel caisson during the positioning ...

In order to further study the influence of site effects from engineering ground motion, a comparative analysis of site effects from ground motion in the Sichuan strong earthquake area was carried out based on two empirical methods, namely, horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) and linear inve...

The service environment of alpine electric multiple units (EMUs) is affected by temperature for a long time, and the vehicle suspension element parameters and under-rail parameters have strong seasonal variation characteristics. To investigate the influence of temperature-varying characteristics of ...

Mining dump trucks are mainly used for small-scale mine transportation, often run on poor roads or with serious overloading and other conditions. Hydro-pneumatic suspension is widely used in large construction vehicles due to its nonlinear characteristics of stiffness and damping, which can better a...

Since it is difficult to accurately select representative super-high-dimensional random phase angles, the good lattice point with power generator method (GLPPGM) was utilized to generate samples of representative track irregularities, which were applied to the vehicle-bridge system to obtain the mea...

In order to reveal the influence laws of the initial curvature of members on the stability bearing capacity of suspended domes, a nonlinear buckling analysis of suspended domes was carried out by applying the multi-beam method to simulate the initial curvature of members and the random imperfection ...

In order to study the damage characteristics of meso and micro pore structures of gypsum rock subjected to freeze-thaw cycles in cold regions, anhydrite rock was taken as the research object, and the porosity, pore size, and pore throat distribution characteristics of anhydrite rock were obtained ba...

To obtain location information of onsite construction crew continuously with the consideration of dynamical changing, occluding, and high appearance similarity in construction scenes, a computer vision-based location information perception method for onsite construction crew was proposed. Firstly, a...

Rail grinding occurs when the rail grinder is in traveling status, which is affected by the dynamic performance of the vehicle. Rail grinding is generally set as constant power grinding, involving a wheel-track contact relationship, wheel-track grinding relationship, hydraulic system, and control sy...

Hazard susceptibility assessment is generally a probabilistic modeling based on the spatial distribution characteristics of hazards, but the hazards have spatial heterogeneity. In order to solve the spatial heterogeneity of hazards, the collapses and landslides along the Wenchuan-Lixian section in t...

In order to study the influence of frictional self-excited vibration of a pantograph-catenary system on the contact loss between the carbon strip and contact wire, a finite element model of the pantograph-catenary system at the rigid and flexible transition section of a metro was established based o...

To analyze the wind-resistance working mechanism of stretched ribs mounted on high-rise buildings, the impact of horizontal ribs on the flow field and wind load of high-rise buildings under atmospheric boundary layer flow was evaluated by using the large eddy simulation (LES), and the wind-resistanc...