Improving railway safety depends heavily on the reliability of railway turnouts. The
realization of effective, reliable and continuous observations for the spatial analysis and …

The relatively high maintenance costs of the ballast track are related to the short lifecycle of
the ballast layer. The current vertical ballast tamping technology (eg, Plasser & Theurer …

This paper was written concerning a test section with geogrid-reinforced railway ballast
based on field tests. I aim to introduce the variation of the alignment track geometry …

This article summarizes the research results related to our own conducted extensive
laboratory tests of polymer composite and steel fishplated glued insulated rail joints (GIRJs) …

The paper investigates the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of several rail joints executed by
thermite rail welding (TW). The examined rail profile was 54E1 (UIC54). The rail steel …

Determining the deterioration of superstructure systems is technical and has national
economic importance. In addition to geometric deterioration, it is also very difficult to monitor …

The current paper concerns the investigation of CC (Concrete Canvas), a unique building
material from the GCCM (geosynthetic cementitious composite mat) product group. The …

A composite sleeper has a similar shape, stiffness, and weight to that of an existing wood
sleeper with additional benefits including excellent durability, extended design life like a …

The most important thing nowadays is to use available resources to develop infrastructure
as efficiently as possible. In this regard, evaluating the deterioration of tramway tracks is …

This paper deals with the time-frequency characteristic analysis for track geometry
irregularities using field data recorded by a comprehensive track inspection train. The …