STRENGTHENING THE RAILWAY TRACK WITH THIN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE SLABS

For some years the Czechoslovak State Railway (CSD) has been seeking to increase the load-bearing capacity of their tracks on heavily-worked routes in poor ground by inserting thin prestressed concrete slabs between the formation and the ballast bed. The design of the slabs, laboratory testing thereof, and some test track sections are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This publication is available in German, English, French and Spanish Editions.
• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Tyc, P
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 516-521
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Mechanical stability; Railroad tracks; Slabs; Soil stabilization
• Identifier Terms: Ceske drahy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track stability
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083066
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1976 12:00AM