Railway Rehabilitation Techniques (RVF)

Lecturer

Eduardo Fortunato

Invited Lecturers

Objectives

• It is intended that trainees acquire knowledge that will allow them to identify geotechnical problems and select appropriate ways to carry out the rehabilitation of the railway, considering its characteristics and the respective life cycle cost, in the face of anomalies identified in these infrastructures and new operating requirements.

Requirements on previous knowledge

• Basic knowledge of geotechnical engineering and railway engineering.

Program

• Analysis of the behaviour of the railway in view of the requests to which it is subject.
• Performance evaluation and geotechnical characterization of the railway in operation.
• Methods and techniques for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the railway.
• Evaluation and selection of materials to be applied in the railway rehabilitation works.
• Quality control of railway rehabilitation works.
• Design criteria for railway rehabilitation.
• Characterization of geological and geotechnical conditions in the rehabilitation of railway infrastructure.
• Stability of excavation slopes in soils.

Recommended literature

• Syllabus
•Fortunato E. (2005) Renovação de Plataformas Ferroviárias. Estudos Relativos à Capacidade de Carga; Ph.D. thesis
•Selig ET. Waters JM. (1994) Track geotechnology and substructure management; London: Thomas Telford
•Indraratna B. Salim W. Rujikiatkamjorn C. (2011) Advanced Rail Geotechnology – Ballasted Track; Taylor & Francis
•Li D. Hyslip J. Sussmann T. Chrismer S. (2016) Railway Geotechnics; CRC Press
•Sétra/LCPC (2000) Réalisation de remblais et des couches de forme: Principes généraux; Annexes techniques; Min. de l’Equipement, du Logement et des Transports;
•Sétra/LCPC (2000) Traitement des sols à la chaux et /ou aux liants hydrauliques - Application à la réalisation des remblais et des couches de forme; Min. de l’Equipement, des Transports et du Logement;
•Puppala AJ. (2008) NCHRP synthesis 382: Estimating Stiffness of Subgrade and Unbound Materials for Pavement Design

Assessment

Final exam

Study language

English