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Slope stability for rail road side slopes

Slope stability for rail road side slopes

Slope stability for rail road side slopes

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I am performing slope stability analysis for rail road. I cannot decide what liveload (magnitude & location) I use for analysis. I would appreciate if anybody would provide me the information or any reference.  

RE: Slope stability for rail road side slopes

zainabedin,

If you are working on a railroad embankment in the US, you will likely need to use a Cooper E-80 live load. This load distribution is illustrated in the Caltrans Trenching and Shoring Manual available from the Caltrans website and also here: http://www.vulcanhammer.net/download/TrenchingandShoring.pdf

Hope this is helpful.

Jeff

Jeffrey T. Donville, PE
TTL Associates, Inc.
www.ttlassoc.com

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RE: Slope stability for rail road side slopes

In the UK Network Rail require designers to model a surcharge of 50kPa across the sleepers and 10kPa across the rest of the embankment

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