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Design and Construction of Rail Tracks

This document discusses the modernization of railway tracks in India. It provides background on the Indian railway system, noting that it is over 150 years old and is the largest railway system under single management. The document then discusses failures in old railway tracks and the methodology for laying new tracks. Key aspects covered include track formation, ballast, rails, sleepers, bridges, and earthworks including grading, filling, and compaction. Field and laboratory tests for soils used in track construction are also summarized. The presentation aims to study design and construction of tracks, bridges, and other civil engineering works involved in modernizing India's railways.

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Design and Construction of Rail Tracks

This document discusses the modernization of railway tracks in India. It provides background on the Indian railway system, noting that it is over 150 years old and is the largest railway system under single management. The document then discusses failures in old railway tracks and the methodology for laying new tracks. Key aspects covered include track formation, ballast, rails, sleepers, bridges, and earthworks including grading, filling, and compaction. Field and laboratory tests for soils used in track construction are also summarized. The presentation aims to study design and construction of tracks, bridges, and other civil engineering works involved in modernizing India's railways.

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MODERNISATION OF RAIL

MODERNISATION OF RAIL
TRACKS
TRACKS
GUIDED BY:

PRESENTED BY:

Mrs.M SHIVA PARVATHI (M-TECH)


Head of the department,
Department of CIVIL ENGG,
HITS COE.

K MANOJ REDDY
D PRADEEP
J B V N SAI TEJA

(12C91A0144)
(12C91A0123)

(12C91A0142)
N SUDHEER KUMAR(12C91A0167)

ABSTRACT
The research topic is aimed at to study the design and consruction of
railway tracks ,bridges ,buildings ,platforms and other Civil Engg.
works regarding in modernisation of railways in our country.
Railway Track Engineering presents conventional methods of track
construction, maintenance and monitoring, along with modern
sophisticated track machines. It also comprehensively covers design
details and specifications of important track components.

INTRODUCTION
Indian railways is more than 150 years old.
It is largest railway system in the world under one management.
It is lifeline of our country.
It is the biggest employer in the world.
1853 1st railway train journeyed distance of 22miles between Bombay
to Thana.
Originally, operated by private companies Englishmen.
1925-1950 GOI took over the all the private railways companies.

THE OLDEST INDIAN TRAINS

INITIAL RAILWAY TRACKS IN INDIA

FAILURES IN OLD TRACKS

LAYING OF NEW RAILWAY


TRACKS

METHODOLOGY

FORMATION
FORMATION TOP
TRACK FOUNDATION
CESS
BALLAST
SUB-BALLAST
BLANKET

CONTENTS
BALLAST
RAILS
SLEEPERS
POINTS OF CROSSING
POINTS OF SWITCHES

BALLAST DETAILS
It is the granular material usually broken stone or bricks
single and kanker, gravel and sand placed and packed
and around the sleepers to transmit the load from
sleeper to formation layer.
Size=20mm to 65mm

RAILS
The rolled steel sections laid end to end in parallel lines
over sleepers to form a railway tracks are known as
Rails.
TYPES OF RAILS
1. DOUBLE HEADED RAILS
2. FLAT FOOTED RAILS
3. BULLHEADED RAILS

SLEEPERS
Sleepers are members generally laid transverse to the
rails, on which rails are fixed to transfer the loads from
the rails to the ballast and the subgrade

TYPES OF SLEEPERS
1. WOODEN SLEEPERS
2. METAL SLEEPERS
3. CONCRETE SLEEPERS

IN CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL TRACKS


EARTH
WORKS

SURVEYING

BRIDGES
TRACKS

LEVELLING SURVEY

DIVISIONS IN EARTHWORK

EARTH
WORK

EMBANKME
NT
EXCAVATIO
N
FILLING

GRADING PERCENTAGE OF BLANKET


MATERIAL
SL

IS Sieve Size

Percent Passing
(by weight)

1.

40 mm

100

2.

20 mm

80 - 100

3.

10 mm

63 - 85

4.

4.75 mm

42 - 68

5.

2 mm

27 - 52

6.

600 micron

13 - 35

7.

425 micron

10 - 32

8.

212 micron

6 - 22

9.

75 micron

3 - 10

SOIL TYPES
Ideal Soil and Poor Soils
Ideal soil properties:
High bearing capacity (BC) in reference to static loads, minor settlement High BC in reference to
dynamic loads, due to unequal grain size, high structural resistance, and good consolidation
Elasticity
Stable as regards erosion
High water permeability
Filter criteria w.r.t ballast layer above and sub-soil below
Cost effectiveness in supply and construction
Natural soils are rarely ideal soils.

Poor Soil properties:


Non-cohesive
Loose Cohesive
Soft to semi-solid mixed soils with various contents of sand, silt, clay
and water
It contain solid rocks of irregular size, solid rocks with cohesive
weathering elements.

Geometrical requirements for the soil formation


Should generally meet following requirements:
cross fall slope to be atleast 1:30 or 3% with tolerance of 0.5%
the finished top levels should be within + - 3cm
finished soil surface to be in level in longitudinal direction( <= 2cm on a
longitudinal base of 4m), must not show hollow pits, road vehicle traffic
ruts.
Side slopes to extend in horizontal plane, minimum 10 cm beyond the
theoretical finished lines, and later cut and dressed to the specified
dimensions.

TYPICAL VALUES OF SOIL


Soil
Type

Ev2
( N/mm2 )

CBR
%

C
(N/cm3)

zperm
(N/cm2)

Soft
clay

15

28

2.5-3.5

Semisolid
clay

25

42

3.5-5.0

Uniform
sand

50

10

55

4.5-6.0

Good
subsoil

100

69

6.0-7.5

FILLING

COMPACTION

Field Tests :
Moisture content & Dry density By
Calcium Carbide
Core Cutter Method
Sand Replacement Method

FIELD TEST

QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTS FOR SOILS


i. Moisture Content by Oven Dry Method
ii. Natural Moisture Content & Dry Density Test
iii.Particle Size Distribution Test
iv. Liquid limit
v. Plastic limit
vi.Shrinkage limit
vii.Free Swell Index
viii.Compaction
ix.Relative Density

IN LABOURATORY

THANK YOU

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