FOUNDATIONS FOR EMERGENCY RAILWAY BRIDGES IN FAST-FLOWING WATER

GRUNDUNGSVERFAHREN FUR BEHELFSMASSIGE EISENBAHNBRUCKEN IN SCHNELLFLIESSENDEN GEWASSERN

The foundations of provisional bridges crossing fast-flowing rivers are subject to the risk of being washed away, and the conventional methods of preventing this danger are both lengthy and costly to apply. For this reason, experiments have been carried out on the German State Railway, using a 1/20 scale model, as well as on an actual site, in order to provide flat foundations, without needing to drive-in piles, or to sink broken stone. It appears that the spreading, on the river bed, of protective layers of composite materials, or APT rubber, provides the necessary solution. The above article contains a discussion of the problem, as well as a description of the experiments carried out on a reduced scale, and on the Elbe, together with details of the results.

• Corporate Authors:

  VEB Autobahnbaukombinat

  Templinestrasse 19
  Potsdam,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Herfurt, W
  • Hanspach, P
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • DET Eisenbahntechnik
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: VEB Autobahnbaukombinat

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Disaster relief; Disasters and emergency operations; Foundations; Piers (Supports); Piers (Wharves)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050584
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM