Experimental Study on Impact Force Behaviors Subjected to Ice-Block Detached from High-Speed Train
As the ice-block detached from a high-speed train has a large mass and high speed, the great impact may cause damage to the track structure. It is the premise and foundation of track damage re-search to investigate the impact force behaviors subjected by the ice-block. The impact force history of a cylindrical ice-block projected by a light-gas gun was directly recorded through an annular force measure-ment transducer during an impact event, and the influence of impact velocity on impact force behaviors was analyzed. The impacting fragmentation characteristics of the ice were observed by a high-speed video during the impact event. The experimental results demonstrated that under the same projection pres-sure, the same impact force histories were obtained. The maximum deviation of the impact velocity, the peak forces, and their corresponding times are less than 7.6%, which indicated the impact force experi-mental system is reliable and stable. The impact force curves, the failure mode, and the fragmentation characteristics of the ice-block at the speed of 150 km/h to 350 km/h are all basically the same. With the increase of the impact velocity, the impact time becomes short, while the peak force and the total im-pulse increase linearly. The initial landing time has little change, fluctuating within 32~40μs. The peak force increases linearly with the increase of kinetic energy and total impulse of the ice-block, and the maximum linearity deviation is basically within 10%.