INTEGRATED SOIL CONDITIONING

Soil improvement or conditioning is a prerequisite to provide sufficient bearing capacity for today's faster and heavier trains. Conventional soil conditioning is done in four stages, all of which are expensive, time consuming, arduous and result in noise pollution. This article describes a newly patented integrated system that combines all the soil conditioning processes on the spot and in one machine. The advantages of using this new system include: no sheet piling required; no waste disposal through complete soil recycling; no need to remove overhead power lines; no access road required; minimal noise pollution; minimized vibration and disturbance to neighboring structures; and, minimized construction period.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Publication Date: 1999-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL AND RAPID TRANSIT REVIEW
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Cost effectiveness; Improvements; Maintenance; Noise control; Pollution control; Railroad tracks; Soil stabilization
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768000
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 1999 12:00AM