FIELD TESTS OF GLUED INSULATED RAIL JOINTS WITH USAGE OF SPECIAL PLASTIC AND STEEL FISHPLATES

A. Nemeth; S. Fischer

doi:10.15802/stp2019/165874

Authors

A. Nemeth Szechenyi Istvan University, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3477-6902
S. Fischer Szechenyi Istvan University, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7298-9960

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15802/stp2019/165874

Keywords:

polymer-composite, fishplate, rail joint, railway, field test

Abstract

Purpose. The aim was to compare behavior of polymer-composite fishplated and control steel fishplated (type GTI and MTH-P) glued insulated rail joints in railway track. Methodology. After laboratory tests (shear tests of glue materials, 3-point-bending tests, axial pull tests), as well as field inspections, trial polymer-composite and control (steel) fishplated glued insulated rail joints were built into railway tracks with (almost) the same border conditions (rail profiles, cross section parameters, track condition, etc.). The authors summarize in this paper the results of field tests related to polymer-composite, as well as control (steel) fishplated glued insulated rail joints between 2015 and 2018 considering measured data of track geometry recording car and straightness tests. Findings. The investigation and diagnostics of experimental (fiber-glass reinforced fishplate) and control (steel fishplate) rail joints (straightness tests, track geometry recording car measurements) are in progress. Originality. The goal of the research is to investigate the application of this new type of glued insulated rail joint where the fishplates are manufactured at high pressure, regulated temperature, glass-fiber reinforced polymer composite plastic material. The usage of this kind of glued insulated rail joints is able to eliminate the electric fishplate circuit and early fatigue deflection and it can ensure the isolation of rails’ ends from each other by aspect of electric conductivity. Practical value. The polymer-composite fishplated glued-insulated rail joints and control steel fishplated rail joints were built into the No. 1 main railway line (Kelenföld-Hegyeshalom) in Hungary at three different railway stations. The accurate time could not be determined when the polymer-composite fishplated glued-insulated rail joints reach the end of their lifetime as the result of previous research. In this article the investigation of deterioration process of glued-insulated rail joints is demonstrated.

Author Biographies

A. Nemeth, Szechenyi Istvan University

Dep. «Transport Infastructure and Water Resources Engineering», Szechenyi Istvan University, Egyetem Sq., 1, Gyor, Hungary, 9026, tel. + 36 (96) 613 544, e-mail nemeth.attila@sze.hu

S. Fischer, Szechenyi Istvan University

Dep. «Transport Infastructure and Water Resources Engineering», Szechenyi Istvan University, Egyetem Sq., 1, Gyor, Hungary, 9026, tel. + 36 (96) 613 544, e-mail fischersz@sze.hu

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