本书为发展现代铁路的新结构提供足够的支持，全书通过轮轨相互作用将车辆系统与轨道系统耦合，建立并求解一个耦合的车辆-轨道耦合模型。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Rapid Development in Rail Transportation
1.2 Railway Vehicle
1.2.1 Car body
1.2.2 Bogie
1.2.3 Wheelset
1.2.4 Spring element
1.2.5 Damping element
1.3 Railway Track
1.3.1 Rail and rail joint
1.3.2 Sleeper
1.3.3 Fastener
1.3.4 Ballast
1.3.5 Slab track
1.3.6 Turnout
1.3.7 Continuous welded Rail
1.4 Self-Steering of Wheel on Rail
1.5 Track Mechanics and Track Design
1.5.1 Track static mechanics
1.5.2 Track dynamic mechanics
1.5.3 Track structure design
Chapter 2 Track Geometry
2.1 Dimension of wheel set
2.2 Track Geometry on Tangent Track
2.2.1 Track gauge
2.2.2 Track level
2.2.3 Horizontal alignment
2.2.4 Vertical alignment
2.2.5 Rail inclination
2.3 Gauge Widening on Small Radius Curved Track
2.3.1 Bogie position on curved track
2.3.2 Track gauge widening determination
2.3.3 Maximum track gauge of curved track
2.4 Super Elevation on Curved Track
2.4.1 Setting of super elevation on curved track
2.4.2 Calculation of super elevation
2.4.3 The unbalanced super elevation
2.4.4 The maximum super elevation
2.4.5 Speed limit on curved track
2.5 Transition Curve
2.5.1 Function and geometry character of transition curve
2.5.2 Geometry condition of transition curve
2.5.3 Higher order transition curve
2.5.4 Length of transition curve
Chapter 3 Vertical Static Track Analysis
3.1 Analytioal approach of track structure under vertical wheel loading
3.1.1 Fundamental assumption and calculation model
3.1.2 Differential equation of continuous beam model
3.1.3 Basic mechanical parameters
3.1.4 Calculation under group wheels
3.2 Finite Element Approach to Calculate the Track Mechanical Response
3.2.1 Discretization of track structure
3.2.2 Stiffness matrix of beam element
3.2.3 Stiffness matrix assembling of beam elements
3.2.4 Computational model and matrix equation of track structure
3.3 Quasi-static Analysis of Track Responses
3.3.1 Speed coefficient
3.3.2 Unbalanced loading coefficient
3.3.3 Quasi-static analysis method
3.4 Strength Checking of Track Components
3.4.1 Rail stress analysis
3.4.2 Sleeper strength checking
3.4.3 Ballast stress checking
Chapter 4 Ballast Track Design
4.1 Principles of Defining Ballast Track
4.1.1 Ballast track
4.1.2 Characteristics of railway track
4.1.3 Track structure and operation condition
4.1.4 Track structure selection
4.2 Rail and Rail Joint
4.2.1 Rail
4.2.2 Rail joint
4.3 Sleeper
4.3.1 Timber sleepers
4.3.2 Concrete sleepers
4.3.3 Wide sleeper
4.3.4 Frame sleepers
4.4 Fastener
4.4.1 Categories of rail fastener
4.4.2 Fastener clip
4.4.3 Rail pad
4.5 Ballast Bed
4.5.1 Ballast materials
4.5.2 Thickness of ballast
4.5.3 Ballast mat
4.5.4 Ballast flow and deformation
4.5.5 Ballast tamping and stabilizing
4.5.6 Ballast cleaning
4.6 Subgrade
4.6.1 Subgrade strength checking
4.6.2 Dynamic stability
4.6.3 Residual deformation and fatigue behavior
4.6.4 Hardened subgrade
4.7 Ballast Track Quality
4.7.1 Factors of deterioration rate
4.7.2 Ballast track settlement
4.7.3 Optimum of ballast track
Chapter 5 Ballastless Track Design
5.1 Ballastless Track Design Requirement
5.1.1 Ballastless track design task
5.1.2 Ballastless track design requirement
5.1.3 Ballastless track function design
5.2 Ballastless Track Analysis under Wheel Load
5.2.1 Analysis method in different country
5.2.2 Composite beam on elastic foundation model
5.2.3 Beam-plate model on elastic foundation
5.2.4 Parameters in beam plate model
5.2.5 Parameter stud