Stress distribution in reinforced railway structures

• Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil with Retaining Wall (GRS-RW) vs conventional embankment. The experiments are carried out in a full-scale testing facility laboratory. Two track forms considered: three-sleeper concrete slab and ballasted track. GRS-RW structure showed good performance under both static cyclic loading. pressure levels found the experiment were compared against literature. This paper evaluates of geosynthetic reinforced soil retaining wall system as an alternative to railway aim is investigate behaviour terms displacements stress at different locations substructure. Full-scale laboratory experimental on structure, supporting sections track, moving loads 360 km/h. tracks supported by low-level fully confined embankment system, which constructed high-speed standards. Displacement transducers earth cells placed record test results show that negligibly small for particular setup, proving GRS action compaction reached its active state. means was self-supporting self-weight train loads, meaning there minimal walls. Therefore, systems better alternatives traditional embankments due enhanced stabilisation less land take.