Publication detail

Under Sleeper Pads in Railway Track

PLÁŠEK, O. HRUZÍKOVÁ, M. SVOBODA, R. BÍLEK, J.

Original Title

Under Sleeper Pads in Railway Track

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Under sleeper pads appear to be suitable measure to improve track quality as a consequence of ballast bed protection against extreme stress. The paper comprises experience of under sleeper pads applications in the Czech Republic in two test sections which were built in the Czech Republic in 2007. The tests sections were built with the aim to protect permanent way elements against extremely high dynamic loading. That is why all parameters which could be influenced by the application of USPs are assessed, especially track quality, deflection and vibration of sleepers and bearers. Some positive influence of under sleeper pads on the track quality was observed after six years of monitoring. Extension of the application of under sleeper pads is expected in the Czech Republic especially for switches and crossings.

Keywords

Under sleeper pads, concrete sleepers, concrete bearers, switches and crossings, track quality

Authors

PLÁŠEK, O.; HRUZÍKOVÁ, M.; SVOBODA, R.; BÍLEK, J.

RIV year

2014

Released

15. 12. 2014

ISBN

1335-4205

Periodical

Communications

Year of study

2014

Number

4

State

Slovak Republic

Pages from

27

Pages to

34

Pages count

8

BibTex

@article{BUT112714,
  author="Otto {Plášek} and Miroslava {Hruzíková} and Richard {Svoboda} and Jaroslav {Bílek}",
  title="Under Sleeper Pads in Railway Track",
  journal="Communications",
  year="2014",
  volume="2014",
  number="4",
  pages="27--34",
  issn="1335-4205"
}