Course Description: This course explores embedded pavement systems for rail infrastructure, offering insights into track integration techniques that improve safety and durability.
Objectives:
- Understand track-embedded pavement principles and applications.
- Develop design methodologies for embedded railway structures.
- Optimize load distribution in track-embedded pavements.
- Assess material compatibility for embedded rail applications.
- Implement noise and vibration reduction technologies.
- Evaluate embedded pavement systems in urban railway environments.
- Improve drainage and waterproofing in embedded track systems.
- Examine case studies of successful embedded rail pavement projects.
- Compare embedded track solutions for passenger vs. freight rail.
- Design a high-performance track-embedded pavement system.