Investigation of “Open” Superstructure Tramway Tracks in Budapest
Author(s): |
Vivien Jover
(Central Campus Győr, Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Hungary)
Zoltán Major (Central Campus Győr, Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Hungary) Attila Németh (Central Campus Győr, Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Hungary) Dmytro Kurhan (Department of Transport Infrastructure, Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, UA-49010 Dnipro, Ukraine) Mykola Sysyn (Department of Planning and Design of Railway Infrastructure, Institute of Railway Systems and Public Transport, Technical University of Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany) Szabolcs Fischer (Central Campus Győr, Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Hungary) |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English |
Published in: | Infrastructures, February 2023, n. 2, v. 8 |
Page(s): | 33 |
DOI: | 10.3390/infrastructures8020033 |
Abstract: |
The most important thing nowadays is to use available resources to develop infrastructure as efficiently as possible. In this regard, evaluating the deterioration of tramway tracks is critical from both a technical and an economic viewpoint. In Hungary, seven types of superstructure systems are currently differentiated in the case of tramway transport, but the geometrical deterioration, lifecycle, and lifecycle cost of the tramway tracks are not accurately known. The current study aimed to evaluate and compare the results of track geometry measurements of two different “open” tramway superstructure systems depending on their traffic load and age. The geometry measurements we re executed by TrackScan 4.01 instrument, developed and maintained by a Hungarian developer company called Metalelektro Méréstechnika Ltd. The evaluation of the measurements showed a clear relationship between the traffic load, age, and track deterioration. Based on the results, it can be generally stated, concerning “open” superstructure systems, that regardless of the “open” superstructure system or the level of traffic load, the average value of alignment is decreasing; however, the average value of the longitudinal level is increasing. Furthermore, the deterioration of an older ballasted track with lower traffic is similar to that of a younger ballasted track that has a higher traffic load. Another significant result was that the deterioration of the track gauge parameter in the case of concrete slab tracks is clearly described as the broadening of the track gauge. |
Copyright: | © 2023 the Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
License: | This creative work has been published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license which allows copying, and redistribution as well as adaptation of the original work provided appropriate credit is given to the original author and the conditions of the license are met. |
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