Review of the design and maintenance technologies used to decelerate the deterioration of ballasted railway tracks

M Sol-Sánchez, G D'angelo - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Ballasted railway tracks, despite their benefits, present some limitations and drawbacks,
mainly associated with geometry degradation due to ballast settlement and particle …

Toward sustainable railway track foundation: Recycling RAP from road asphalt pavements

O Guerrero-Bustamante, A Guillen… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The granular sub-ballast layer commonly used in the construction of modern railway tracks,
but its use involves a significant consumption of natural aggregates, which, moreover, must …

Modelling and in-situ measurement of dynamic behavior of asphalt supporting layer in slab track system

S Liu, X Chen, Y Ma, J Yang, D Cai, G Yang - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
During the last decades, asphalt concrete has been introduced in both ballast and
ballastless track (including but not limited to slab track) systems. The use of asphalt concrete …

Laboratory and numerical investigation on the behavior of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) as railway track subballast layer

SE Hashemian, FM Nejad, M Esmaeili - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of asphalt mixtures in different places of the structure of railway tracks has been
increased, given their acceptable performance and properties. Using bituminous materials …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating environmental effects on the structural behavior of the railroad track subgrade considering different sub-ballast design solutions

G Castro, J Pires, R Motta, L Bernucci… - Transportation …, 2022 - Elsevier
The subgrade of a freight railroad track must have sufficient bearing capacity to prevent
excessive plastic strains and geometry-related problems to ensure its good performance …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable solutions for railway using recycled rubber

Y Qi, B Indraratna, T Ngo, CMK Arachchige… - Transportation …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces four innovative applications of waste rubber from scrapped tyres or
conveyor belts in railway tracks. They include (a) a synthetic energy-absorbing layer of …

The effect of adding rubber crumbs on the cyclic permanent deformation of waste mixtures containing coal wash and steel furnace slag

Y Qi, B Indraratna - Géotechnique, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Among the numerous studies into the dynamic loading behaviour of rubber crumbs–
soil/waste mixtures, the main focus is on how the content of rubber crumbs (R b%) affects the …

[PDF][PDF] Bitumen stabilised ballast: a novel track-bed solution towards a more sustainable railway

G D'Angelo - 2018 - researchgate.net
Ballasted track represents by far the most used infrastructure for railway transportation
system, its main benefits being the relatively low construction costs, the maintainability, the …

High performance bituminous sub-ballast for improving the structural behaviour and durability of railway track substructure

JM Castillo-Mingorance, M Sol-Sánchez… - Materials and …, 2021 - Springer
Bituminous sub-ballast is considered as an appropriate solution for increasing the structural
performance and durability of railway sub-structure. This is especially prominent due to the …

[PDF][PDF] INVESTIGATION OF USING A BITUMINOUS SUB-BALLAST LAYER TO ENHANCE THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF HIGH SPEED BALLASTED TRACKS

KG Metwally, AG Hassan, AA Khalil… - GEOMATE …, 2020 - geomatejournal.com
AUTHOR’S GUIDELINES Page 1 122 INVESTIGATION OF USING A BITUMINOUS SUB-BALLAST
LAYER TO ENHANCE THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF HIGHSPEED BALLASTED …