Vehicle-track dynamic interaction considering temperature-frequency dependent viscoelastic properties of rail pads at low temperatures

Jialiang Qin, Longhao Liu, Zhihui Zhang, Yunhao Zhong, Linya Liu, State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area, East China Jiaotong University, School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Jiangxi University of Water Resources and Electric Power

Journal of Vibration and Control

Published online on August 05, 2026

Abstract

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Rail pads are installed between rails and sleepers via fastening systems to protect sleepers in slab-track structures from wear and impact induced by moving trains. Due to the viscoelastic nature of rubber materials, the dynamic stiffness of rail pads ...