Improvement of existing railway subgrade by deep mixing

Autor: Jean-Francois Mosser, Philippe Reiffsteck, Anne Pantet, Alain Le Kouby, Nicolas Calon, Antoine Guimond-Barrett
Přispěvatelé: Sols, Roches et Ouvrages Géotechniques (IFSTTAR/GERS/SRO), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Communauté Université Paris-Est, SNCF Direction de l'Ingénierie - Traction Electrique, SNCF, Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes (LOMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), SNCF Réseau [La Plaine st Denis], 13N10491, Projet RUFEX - FUI, Communauté Université Paris-Est-Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Taylor & Francis, 2018, 29 p. ⟨10.1080/19648189.2018.1456977⟩
ISSN: 1964-8189
2116-7214
DOI: 10.1080/19648189.2018.1456977⟩
Popis: Many old railway lines in Europe need to be reinforced as they no longer meet the requirements of modern traffic. This paper presents the results of field tests carried out, as part of the French RUFEX research project (Reinforcement of railway tracks), to study the feasibility of the installation of 600 mm diameter vertical soil-cement columns under existing railway lines without removing the tracks or cementing the ballast. These columns were installed under an existing track using a spreadable mixing tool. The execution procedure is described and the quality / homogeneity of the mixed material is studied with excavated columns after curing periods of 28 and 180 days and several samples were taken for laboratory testing. The tests included unconfined compressive strength tests, splitting tensile strength tests, porosity and ultrasonic wave velocity measurements. The results show an increase in strength of 30% between 28 and 180 days. A linear correlation between compressive and tensile strengths is proposed. Besides, data obtained from ultrasonic wave velocity measurements suggests that this test can be used for the estimation of index parameters such as density and porosity but also for preliminary assessments of static stiffness and strength by correlation with the dynamic elastic modulus.
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