railroad rail piling for embankment failures
railroad rail piling for embankment failures
(OP)
MY QUESTION IS...
CAN 75# #3 GRADE DECOMISSIONED RAILROAD RAIL BE USED SUCCESSFULLY FOR EMBANKMENT FAILURES?
CAN 75# #3 GRADE DECOMISSIONED RAILROAD RAIL BE USED SUCCESSFULLY FOR EMBANKMENT FAILURES?





RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
Talk to your geotechnical engineer to find out. Much depends on the specifics of the slide.
Mike Lambert
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
Second, what are you asking? People have used piles to stabilize slopes and I have seen rails used to stabilize slopes. As i noted above, you need to talk about this with your geotechnical engineer. If you don't have a geotechnical engineer for the project you either need to get one or just go start sticking rails in the ground. It might work and it might not work, but no one here can design a fix for you.
Lastly, stop typing in all caps. It is impolite.
Mike Lambert
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
Secondly you may do a trial penetration up to the pile setting to ensure pile embedded in the hard layer.
Thirdly you may install in 3 diameter spacing. Lastly do not forget to coat the used rail road piles against corrosion.
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
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RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
This photo does not show rails but, instead, shows small beams that aren't much different from rails. I don't believe that the wall in the photo can perform as needed, especially with Cooper E-80 railroad surcharge loading.
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RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
I have seen similar installations along county and state roads in rural areas. In many cases three are no timbers, or at least none left after who knows how many years. Don't have any pictures handy, but I'll post some if I can find them.
These types of "fixes" can work and sometimes work for many years. The factor of safety is likely just barely above 1, but it works until it doesn't anymore. Then you can always just add more pieces of rail and maybe it will start working again.
While I don't like this type of "fix", I understand why they are used by some agencies. Just don't ask me to design it.
Mike Lambert
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
Notice those section are set in concrete filled holes, possibly drilled with power pole auger.
RE: railroad rail piling for embankment failures
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