Fatigue damage assessment of complex railway turnout crossings via Peridynamics-based digital twin

Abstract Railway turnouts are essential in the train traffic route management for modern railways. Despite significant devotion to railway turnout research, one of their most common failures has not been thoroughly investigated, which is a fatigue over the turnout crossing nose. At the crossings, wh...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Hamarat, Mayorkinos Papaelias, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18452-w