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Simplified Numerical Method to Simulate the Thawing of Frozen Soil
Author(s) Marianna Loli, PhD Angelos Tsatsis, PhD Rallis Kourkoulis, PhD Ioannis Anastasopoulos Abstract Thawing weakens the frozen soil supporting buildings and lifelines from Siberia to Alaska, resulting in settlements up to hundreds of millimetres during a...
Sample Disturbances Due to Removal of Confining Pressure in Laminated Clay
Author(s) Laura Moore, MEng Pratiksha Pandey, BTech, PhD Vinayagamoorthy Sivakumar, BSc, MSc, DIC, PhD, CEng, Abstract Sample disturbances in laminated soils may be caused by several factors, including water movement between the clay and sand layers upon...
No Access Effect of Soil Models on the Prediction of Tunnelling-induced Deformations of Structures
Author(s) Giorgia Giardina, MSc, PhD Nunzio Losacco, MSc, PhD Matthew J. DeJong, MSc, PhD Giulia M. B. Viggiani, PhD Robert J. Mair, MA, PhD, CBE, FREng, FICE, FRS Abstract Computational modelling of the effect of underground excavations on adjacent structures...
Ground Risk and Rail Asset Management in East Anglia
Author(s) Authors: Ian Payne, BSc, MSc, CEng, MICE, CIHT Lee Clifton, EngTech, MICE Simon Holt, BSc, MSc, Eur Geol, CGeol Abstract The Network Rail Anglia region has 1091 km of earthworks, many of which are steep-sided embankments constructed of locally won...
Balancing Railway Network Availability and Engineering Access
Author(s) John Armstrong, BE, MSc, EngD John Preston, BA, MA, PhD Abstract As traffic on Britain's railways has grown, the system is approaching capacity and moving towards 24/7 operation. This increases wear and tear, and reduces access for maintenance,...
Sustainability of High-speed Rail: A Comparative Study
Authors Inara Watson, BSc, MSc Amer Ali, BSc, MSc, PhD Ali Bayyati, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD Abstract High-speed railways can move passengers and goods cost-effectively and sustainably. However, there is a need to consider the objectives of high-speed rail (HSR)...
Analysing the Effect of Principal Stress Rotation on Railway Rrack Settlement by Discrete Element Method
Author(s) Xuecheng Bian* Wei Li* Yu Qian† Erol Tutumluer‡ Abstract Principal stress rotation induced by moving loads from trains significantly influences railway track settlement accumulation. The stationary cyclic loading commonly adopted to study railway...
Modelling Traffic Action in High-speed Railway Bridges
Author(s) Bradley Pring, MEng Ana M. Ruiz-Teran, MEng, PhD, CEng, MICE, FHEA Abstract There are a significant variety of approaches taken by researchers when considering the response due to traffic in high-speed railway (HSR) bridges. This paper presents a...
Jinsha River Bridge, China: the world’s first double-deck road and high-speed railway arch bridge
Author(s) Yan Zhe Li Hai Hong Li Bo Ao Xu Abstract The Jinsha River rail–road double-deck arch bridge (bridge designed to 250 km/h) of the Chengdu–Guiyang high-speed railway (HSR) (designed to 350 km/h) is a complex system with a novel structure in China. The...