Comparative Analysis of Design Parameters for High-Speed Railway Earthworks in Different Countries and a Unified Definition of Embankment Substructure

Jianbo Fei; Yuxin Jie; Chengyu Hong; Changsuo Yang

doi:10.7250/bjrbe.2020-15.476

Comparative Analysis of Design Parameters for High-Speed Railway Earthworks in Different Countries and a Unified Definition of Embankment Substructure

Authors

Jianbo Fei Underground Polis Academy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China Key Laboratory of Coastal Urban Resilient Infrastructures (MOE), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-204X
Yuxin Jie State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Chengyu Hong Underground Polis Academy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China Key Laboratory of Coastal Urban Resilient Infrastructures (MOE), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Changsuo Yang China Railway Economic and Planning Research Institute, Beijing 100038, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2020-15.476

Keywords:

comparison, design, embankment, high-speed railway, parameter, substructure

Abstract

This paper compares design specifications and parameters for high-speed railway (HSR) earthworks in different countries (i.e., China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Spain and Sweden) for different track types (i.e., ballasted and ballastless), and for different design aspects (i.e., HSR embankment substructure, compaction criteria, width of the substructure surface, settlement control, transition section, and design service life). Explanations for differences in HSR implementation among different countries are provided and reference values of the design parameters are obtained. In an attempt to unify different types of HSR substructures around the world, a widely applicable definition of the stratified embankment substructure based on the practices adopted in different countries is proposed. The functions and requirements of each functional layer (i.e., the blanket layer, frost protection layer and filtering layer) are summarized.

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