PROTECTION OF TRACK AGAINST AVALANCHES

ZASCITA PUTI OT SNEZNYH LAVIN

Technical instructions for the Far East network were recently approved for the construction of avalanche protection devices on sloping ground where avalanches are possible. The Rail Transport Research Institute has been studying rational methods of avalanche protection since 1976 and work has resulted in the development of efficient support and wind control systems. In view of the particular conditions on Sakhalin island, methods for designing buildings have been improved and ways developed for monitoring snowfall so as to be able to keep down the amount of snow accumulating on the slopes where avalanches are a serious possibilty.

• Corporate Authors:

  USSR Ministry of Railways

  Novoryazanskaya Ulitsa Dom 12
  Moscow 288,   USSR 
• Authors:
  • Isaenko, E P
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 28-30
• Serial:
  • Put' i Putevoye Khozyaistvo
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Ministerstvo Putei Soobshcheniya SSSR

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Avalanches; Cold weather; Measuring instruments; Operations; Railroads; Snow; Windbreaks
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157552
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM