Concrete mixtures with high-workability for ballastless slab tracks
The concrete track-supporting layer and the monolithic concrete slab of ballastless track systems are made in-situ. For this reason the concrete mixtures of high workability should be used.
Olga Smirnova
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Ballastless Track – Minimizing the Climate Impact [PDF]
Railway transportation is becoming increasingly important for transport of passengers and goods in Sweden, Europe and many parts of the world. Ballastless (slab) railway systems are increasingly in use; however, their construction is known to cause a ...
L\uf6fgren, Ingemar +2 more
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Stiffness Coefficient in the Transition Zone Between Ballasted and Ballastless Track and Its Influence on Formation Stressing [PDF]
In this paper, a parametric investigation of the static and dynamic elasticity (stiffness coefficient) of the railway track and of the elastic pads of the fastenings is presented for the cases of Ballastless Track (Slab Track and Embedded Track ...
Giannakos, Konstantinos
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Research on Water Absorption and Frost Resistance of Concrete Coated with Different Impregnating Agents for Ballastless Track Structure [PDF]
In consideration of performance requirement of ballastless track concrete in cold regions of China, 3 types of commercially available impregnating agents were employed to research their effect on water absorption and frozen resistance of concrete ...
Feng, Zhongwei +7 more
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Estimating Workforce Development Needs for High-Speed Rail in California, Research Report 11-16 [PDF]
This study provides an assessment of the job creation and attendant education and training needs associated with the creation of the California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) network, scheduled to begin construction in September 2012.
Estrada, Katherine +2 more
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Analysis of Indonesia’s Railway Track Structure Behavior Under Double-Stack Freight Train Loading [PDF]
The growing number of freight transported using railway transport is massive. Indonesia targeted 995,500,000 tons of freight transported using the railway mode.
Hanafi Isnanta Prabawa
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Securing durability of parameter quality of track alignment design and track geometry is a goal of each railway infrastructure manager. To accomplish this goal, various methods and procedures are applied, but they are all based on regular diagnostics ...
Libor Izvolt +2 more
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Benefit of damping in structural concrete for railway structures and track components [PDF]
There are two types of modern railway tracks including ballasted and ballastless tracks. Ballasted tracks are optimally designed for suitability to railway operations with train speed less than 250 km/h, while ballastless tracks are more suitable for ...
Goto, Keiichi +2 more
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Method for determining design life of ballastless way
The problem of the scope of ballastless track superstructure (BTS) and its service life currently is urgent. Due to the high traffic density at the Test Loop of JSC "VNIIZhT" for a short period of time it is possible to get an idea of BTS service life ...
A. Ya. Kogan, A. V. Savin
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Interaction Between Superstructure and Substructure in Railways [PDF]
The railway track superstructure undertakes the forces that develop during train movement and distributes them towards its seating. The track panel (sleepers with their fastenings or slab with the fastenings) plays a key role in terms of load ...
Giannakos, Konstantinos
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