GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR RAILWAY MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL

The condition of the ground beneath and around railway lines directly affects the stability of cuttings, the settlement of embankments, the performance of track ballast, the design of foundations for signal posts and gantries and other track related structures such as bridges and tunnels. Renewal and maintenance also includes the clean-up of railway facilities to meet present day environmental requirements. This also requires an understanding of the ground conditions and the quantity and type of contamination held therein. This paper discusses, through a number of case studies, best practice methods for performing fast and efficient site investigations at railway sites, taking into account the problems associated with track closures, possessions and safety requirements. Two case studies are presented. The first describes the use of cone penetrometer equipment mounted on a bogie wagon to define the soil conditions for the design of piling for signal gantries whilst the second describes the investigation performed to delineate the extent of diesel fuel contamination at disused railway sidings. For the covering abstract see ITRD E122683.

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  ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

  46 CLUNY GARDENS
  EDINBURGH,   United Kingdom  EH10 6BN
• Authors:
  • HORSNELL, M R
  • JACOBS, P A
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.
• Monograph Title: THE MOVEMENT MONITORING OF A RAILWAY LINE - CTRL 440 - A CASE STUDY
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RAILWAY ENGINEERING 2002, HELD LONDON, UK, JULY 2002 - CD ROM
  • Publisher: ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Bridges; Cleaning; Conferences; Embankments; Foundations; Fuels; Ground settlement; Maintenance; Pollution; Soil mechanics; Soils; Traffic signals; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 3849: Cleaning; 4559: Coarse aggregate; 8525: Conference; 2801: Embankment; 3377: Foundation; 3850: Fuel; 3847: Maintenance; 2453: Pollution; 5792: Settlement; 4156: Soil; 5755: Soil mechanics; 565: Traffic signal; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Energy; Environment; Geotechnology; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00982720
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947644-49-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 2 2004 12:00AM