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Improving Railway Track System Using Soil Nails for Heavy Axle Load
Purpose: With economic development, countries are now moving towards heavy axle load and high speed trains. Existing railway track system may not be able to support the future demand, and constructing a completely new corridor will be costly and time-consuming which will not fulfill the expectations in a short duration. Design/Methodology/Approach: One of the most widely used techniques to improve the strength and stiffness of soil is soil nailing. The technique has been successfully used in improving the stability of the natural or man-made slope. The concept is applied to improve properties of the subgrade of the railway track system to cater the need of the future heavy axle railway load. Findings: From the results of the numerical analysis, it is concluded that stability of the railway track system is considerable improved, and it can fulfill the needs of the future demand of heavy axle load without much efforts. Originality/Value Practically, the suggested soil nailing technique in existing track formation will not only be less time-consuming but also it will ensure cost saving. Construction of dedicated corridor for heavy axle high speed trains will be a costly affair. Also, provision of providing increased number of blanket layers is costly and consumes natural resources. Soil nailing is quite effective, and it can be implemented in situ without disturbing the existing set up. The solution in which soil nailing technique is proposed in an existing railway track system is unique in nature.
Improving Railway Track System Using Soil Nails for Heavy Axle Load
Purpose: With economic development, countries are now moving towards heavy axle load and high speed trains. Existing railway track system may not be able to support the future demand, and constructing a completely new corridor will be costly and time-consuming which will not fulfill the expectations in a short duration. Design/Methodology/Approach: One of the most widely used techniques to improve the strength and stiffness of soil is soil nailing. The technique has been successfully used in improving the stability of the natural or man-made slope. The concept is applied to improve properties of the subgrade of the railway track system to cater the need of the future heavy axle railway load. Findings: From the results of the numerical analysis, it is concluded that stability of the railway track system is considerable improved, and it can fulfill the needs of the future demand of heavy axle load without much efforts. Originality/Value Practically, the suggested soil nailing technique in existing track formation will not only be less time-consuming but also it will ensure cost saving. Construction of dedicated corridor for heavy axle high speed trains will be a costly affair. Also, provision of providing increased number of blanket layers is costly and consumes natural resources. Soil nailing is quite effective, and it can be implemented in situ without disturbing the existing set up. The solution in which soil nailing technique is proposed in an existing railway track system is unique in nature.
Improving Railway Track System Using Soil Nails for Heavy Axle Load
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Shukla, Sanjay Kumar (editor) / Raman, Sudharshan N. (editor) / Bhattacharjee, B. (editor) / Singh, Priyanka (editor) / Srivastava, Amit (author) / Hassan, Mehwish (author) / Gangwar, Rishi (author)
International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering ; 2022 ; Noida, India
2023-06-22
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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