Arrangement of the Continuous Welded Rail on the Curved Tracks of Short Radius

The jointed track design with timber sleepers is conventional for the trunk lines of Ukraine with radius less than 350 m. Such design is not rational. The fact that the big number of the rail joints is the reason why the dynamic forces of interaction in both vertical and horizontal plane are increasing and, consequentially, development of residual deformation on the rail as well. The transient loads are the main reason why the resources of the rail and vehicle structural members work are decreasing.