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<p>The expert research activity of transition zones of tunnels is one part of the overall set of these places on the railway line. Typical places where the stiffness of the railway changes are the portals of tunnels, where undesirable deformations occur during the operation of trainsets due to the changes in materials. In the places of the portals, there can be a ballastless track or slab track (with concrete bearing layer) or classic structure with a railway ballast. The paper presents long-term research on monitoring height changes in these sections. The results of the expert activity will be the basis for the subsequent proposal of new measures, i.e. changes to built-in objects or modification of the materials of structural layers in a given place of the transition zone.</p>
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The expert research activity of transition zones of tunnels is one part of the overall set of these places on the railway line. Typical places where the stiffness of the railway changes are the portals of tunnels, where undesirable deformations occur during the operation of trainsets due to the changes in materials. In the places of the portals, there can be a ballastless track or slab track (with concrete bearing layer) or classic structure with a railway ballast. The paper presents long-term research on monitoring height changes in these sections. The results of the expert activity will be the basis for the subsequent proposal of new measures, i.e. changes to built-in objects or modification of the materials of structural layers in a given place of the transition zone.

Experimental Monitoring of Transition Zones in Railway Tunnels

Department of Railway Engineering and Track Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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The expert research activity of transition zones of tunnels is one part of the overall set of these places on the railway line. Typical places where the...

Experimental Monitoring of Transition Zones in Railway Tunnels

Published Online: Dec 19, 2023

Page range: 464 - 473

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2023-0042

Keywords
Railway engineering, Transition zone, Tunnel portals, Long-term monitoring, Height deflections

© 2023 Stanislav Hodas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Experimental Monitoring of Transition Zones in Railway Tunnels

Published Online: Dec 19, 2023

Page range: 464 - 473

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2023-0042

KeywordsRailway engineering, Transition zone, Tunnel portals, Long-term monitoring, Height deflections

© 2023 Stanislav Hodas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Railway engineering, Transition zone, Tunnel portals, Long-term monitoring, Height deflections