A Review Study on Assessing the Sustainability of Design and Maintenance of Slab Track Systems for Turkey
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Tarih
2020
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Kırıkkale Üniversitesi
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Many companies provide different slab track products and solutions. Varioustypes of these are used in Japan, Europe and North America. The utilization ofslab track benefits railway operators in terms of RAMS (reliability,availability, maintainability and safety) as well as the life cycle costdespite its high initial cost. In Japan, the maintenance cost of slab track is25% of the maintenance cost of ballastedtrack. In addition, recent surveys show that the construction costs of slabtrack are 30% to 50% higher than the construction cost of standard ballastedtrack.Slab track companies have introduced innovations that reduces bothmaintenance and life cycle costs. This type of track can provide better levelcrossing for the mixed traffic zones or the emergency access. Moreover, slabtrack systems have been used for reducing the tunnel height and trackconstruction depth as well as increasing the availability of the systems inspecific circumstances.In case of the railwaylines, which consist of many special parts such as tunnels, viaducts andsubstructures, slab track is the best option for construction. For example,tunnel heights or bridge loads can be reduced with slab track systems.Therefore, the utilization of slab track may create an economic advantage. Theslab track system might also be used in busy railway networks, as it offers agood alternative due to the availability issues. In general, the embedded tracksystems and the floating slab track systems are better options for the Turkishrailways.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Slab Track, Sustainability, Turkey, Engineering, Mühendislik
Kaynak
Uluslararası Mühendislik Araştırma ve Geliştirme Dergisi
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Cilt
1
Sayı
2-325
