Journal
TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2019.100276
Keywords
Lightweight material; Recycled foamed glass; Railway vibration; Shear modulus; Damping
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- DESTination Rail -Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure Managers - European Commission [636285]
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Deformation properties of lightweight coarse grained material from recycled foamed glass have been determined from large-scale triaxial tests on prismatic specimens with dimensions 40 cm x 40 cm x 80 cm. Deformations were measured locally using vertical and horizontal local deformation transducers. Monotonic and cyclic loading at small to medium strain range were conducted. Three load sequences representing the expected conditions of use of lightweight material as vibration-reducing material in railway geotechnics have been used. Results indicate strong effect of brittle cellular structure of tested material as well as confining pressure dependency of elastic threshold shear strain and damping ratio. The results were used to assess the applicability of empirical formulas for shear modulus of granular materials to lightweight foamed glass. The parameters determined from the laboratory tests were further used in numerical analysis of railway dynamic response. The results of the numerical simulations show that replacement of fill in track embankment by lightweight material could improve the dynamic response of the track in reducing the vibration.
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