Analysis of dynamic effects acting on crossings

This thesis is focused on measurement and analysis of dynamic effects on railway turnouts. Two turnouts with different wear condition were chosen. My attention was focused mainly on the crossing part of the turnout, where the highest dynamic impacts occur. The point of the thesis is comparison of the crossing part of turnouts in term of dynamic behaviour and assessment of influence of the wearing depth on dynamic effects. A part of the thesis is proposal of methodology of the measurement and convenient mathematical apparatus for analysing of dynamic effects on crossings