FROST PROTECTION ON RAILWAY TRACKS THROUGH THERMAL INSULATION WITH LAYERS OF PLASTIC FOAM

FROSTSICHERUNG VON EISENBAHNGLEISEN DURCH WAERMEDAEMMSCHICHTEN AUS KUNSTSTOFFHARTSCHAEUMEN

To make railway tracks frost resistant, thermal insulation may be carried out by means of a layer of plastic foam, which should be of sufficient thickness to be completely reliable in preventing any penetration of frost in the track bed. Based on this requirement, the Writer establishes the characteristic climatological and thermal values necessary for measuring the frost insulation of the permanent way. The article gives the process used for measuring and explains it in greater detail with an example.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

  Franzoesische Strasse 13/14, Postfach 1235
  108 Berlin,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Goebel, C
• Publication Date: 1980-1

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 8-12
• Serial:
  • Signal und Schiene
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Frost heaving; Heat insulating materials; Plastics; Railroad tracks; Subgrade (Pavements)
• Old TRIS Terms: Track structures
• Subject Areas: Pavements; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316525
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM