WO2008126973A1 - Structure of high-strength and rapidly-hardening prepacked concrete track for carrying out mechanization and working method thereof - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a high strength prepacked concrete track structure for mechanized construction and a construction process thereof, and more particularly to a high strength prepacked concrete track structure for mechanized construction and a construction process thereof in which existing sleepers and fastners are replaced, an existing ballast layer is excavated and geosynthetics are installed on a roadbed layer, and existing ballast gravels, that are dry-washed on the spot, are filled therein and high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected thereto to form a high strength and super early strength prepacked cement ballast layer to thereby replace the existing gravel ballast track with a concrete ballast track.
- Tracks are a portion that supports weight of a train in the railway, transmits the weight to a roadbed, and guides running of the train. Particularly, the running stability and driving comport of the train are directly influenced by the performance of the track, and interaction between the track and the train is the greatest factor on noises and vibrations.
- the gravel ballast track is a conventional basic track structure, which is of cheap construction costs and proper track elasticity so that upon occurrence of track deviation, it is relatively easily rearranged.
- the gravels are positioned at the lowest portion of the track, serving to absorb shocks upon train running to mitigate the vibrations, and distribute the load of the train transmitted via the sleepers to thereby prevent a rail from subsiding or moving. Further, it facilitates the draining of rainwater and prevents grasses from growing on the ballast.
- the concrete ballast has an advantage in that the maintenance work is mitigated, the draining is good, and vibrations of the ballast and the train are reduced.
- the slab ballast is of a structure in which the sleepers and the ballast are made in one piece, so that the track deviation and ballast sinking due to speed-up of the train are reduced to save the maintenance cost.
- the existing gravel ballast track is gradually replaced with a concrete or slab track, and an efficient track has been studied which is capable of reducing the maintenance that is the problem in the existing gravel ballast track.
- the existing ballast gravel track is modified to provide a concrete ballast track such as a slab track or the like.
- a conventional ballast modifying construction is generally carried out so as to improve the antiquated gravel ballast track used in subway, through the processes of removal of existing tracks, installing of new sleepers, a concrete form, a jacket and a temporary support, and pouring and curing of concrete in sequence, the processes and structure of which are similar to those of the construction of the slab track and that of the track.
- the gravel ballast track of the existing railway has no invert so that problems are caused in that upon pouring of concrete, the concrete flows out, the construction speed is slow because the construction is dependent on manpower, and the train speed is restricted in a state where the temporary support is installed so that the operation of the train is delayed for a long time.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new concrete track structure and a construction process thereof capable of preventing outflow of concrete with the provision of geosynthetics even without installation of an invert.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new concrete track structure and a construction process thereof capable of carrying out the evacuation of existing ballast, installation of geosynthetics, and filling of new ballast layer with machine such as using a ballast cleaner and a gravel dry-washer.
- Further object of the present invention is to provide a new concrete track structure and a construction process thereof in which high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected into a new ballast layer using a cement mortar injector without installing the temporary support during the ballast modification, to thereby form a high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete ballast layer.
- a prepacked concrete track structure which comprises geosynthetics installed on a roadbed layer, a new ballast layer formed on the geosynthetics, a sleeper installed on the new ballast layer, a fastner installed on the sleeper, and a rail connected to the fastner; wherein the geosynthetics is installed such that the bottom thereof is brought into contact with the upper portion of the roadbed layer, right and left sides of the bottom of the geosynthetics having side faces perpendicular to the bottom; wherein the new ballast layer is composed of high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete that is filled and cured in the internal space where the geosynthetics are installed; wherein the sleeper consists of the plurality of sleepers installed on the new ballast layer parallel with each other; and wherein the rail is connected on the upper surface of the sleeper using the fastner so as to be perpendicular to the sleeper.
- ballast gravels are re-used without removal, and the removal process of the ballast, that is dependent on labor, is carried out using the ballast cleaner so that the construction speed is greatly increased.
- ballast layer is formed with high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete, which does not affect the operation of the train.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 are a schematic perspective view, a sectional view, and side sectional view illustrating a concrete ballast track structure according to the present invention, respectively;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating geosynthetics fabricated so as to be attached to a ballast cleaner according to the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a sleeper according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a continuous injector for injecting cement mortar in order to form a new ballast layer
- FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a procedure of modifying the gravel ballast track into a concrete ballast track according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 are a schematic perspective view, a sectional view, and side sectional view illustrating the concrete ballast track structure according to the present invention, respectively.
- the concrete ballast track includes, from a lower portion thereof, a roadbed layer 10, one or more sheets of geosynthetics 30, a new ballast layer 21, a sleeper 50, a fastner 60, and a rail 70.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating geosynthetics fabricated so as to be attached to a ballast cleaner according to the present invention.
- the geosynthetics 30 may be unwoven fabric, geotextile, geomembrane or others, and are installed on the roadbed layer 10 such that the bottom thereof is brought into contact with the upper surface of the roadbed layer 10, and the right and left sides thereof have the side faces perpendicular to the bottom thereof, i.e. having a cross section shaped like ' ' — ' '. Further, as illustrated in a circle showing an enlarged cross section taken along line A- A of FIG.
- a panel having a certain width is inserted into both sides of the geosynthetics 30 such that both the sides of the geosynthetics 30 are fixedly installed perpendicular to the bottom thereof when the geosynthetics 30 are installed on the roadbed layer 10.
- the panel is preferably installed on both sides of the geosynthetics 30 using lattice type polypropylene by a length corresponding to height of the new ballast layer 21.
- the geosynthetics 30 may be fabricated in roll type using a connection beam such that they are attached to the ballast cleaner so that the con- struction is carried out through mechanization.
- the installation of the geosynthetics 30 is carried out at the same time as working type 2 using the ballast cleaner or a ballast regulator, and serves to rapidly drain rainwater or inflow water around them, and prevents injected concrete from leaking, so that there is no need to install a separate invert.
- the new ballast layer 21 is composed of a prepacked concrete layer consisting of new ballast gravels and high strength and super early strength cement mortar injected thereto.
- the new ballast gravels constituting the new ballast layer 21 are ones that are obtained by basically recycling the existing ballast gravels.
- the existing ballast gravels recycled by the ballast cleaner are washed on the spot using a dry-type washer and then are filled in the roadbed layer 10. At this time, only the gravels having a certain grain size are recycled, and the other part may be compensated with new gravels.
- the cement mortar be of the compressive strength of 30MPa or more in order to support the load of the train. Further, it is preferable that the cement mortar be of composition to provide an uniaxial compressive strength of 0.4MPa an hour in order not to hinder the operation of the train. Further, it is preferable that admixtures such as super- plasticity, and fine aggregates with constant grain size be added thereto in order to improve fluidity while considering the economical aspect. Further, it is preferable that the cement mortar be of composition by which the curing speed is fast due to having super early strength cement, high strength is obtained due to having additives with Ca + and SO , and high fluidity is obtained due to having fine aggregates with constant
- FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a sleeper 50 according to the present invention.
- the sleeper 50 is preferably of a wide width in order to increase load distributing capability.
- the sleeper 50 is preferably of heavy weight so as to reduce vibration acceleration of the gravel ballast because the gravel ballast should support the load until the cement mortar is filled, it is preferable that the sleeper 50 be of a width of 360mm in order to carry out mechanized construction using a multiple tie tamper (MTT) that is the existing maintenance device of railroad.
- MTT multiple tie tamper
- the width of the sleeper 50 may vary depending upon dimension of the device used. In case of using the concrete sleeper 50, it is possible to apply post-tension to provide a lateral reinforcement for securing required tensile strength.
- the fastner 60 installed on the sleeper 50 is preferably constructed such that it may be controlled in length by vertically ⁇ 30mm or more and laterally ⁇ 25mm or more using an insulating block or an eccentric bush so as to correct possible track deviation that may occur in the future time because the sleeper 50 and the new ballast layer 21 are integrated into one piece.
- an asphalt surface layer 40 may be provided on the new ballast layer 21 so as to facilitate draining of water, or prevent the surface contamination such as generation of dusts.
- the construction process of the concrete ballast track having the above structure is as follows. As illustrated in FIG. 7 (a), first, existing sleepers 50 and the fastners 60 are removed, and new sleepers 50 and fastners 60 are installed. Herein, if machine such as a sleeper exchanger is used, 40 sleepers 50 an hour are generally exchanged. After exchanging the sleepers 50 and the fastners 60, a rail 70 is coupled to the sleepers 50 using the exchanged fastners 60. After the rail 70 is coupled, as illustrated in FIG. 7 (b), the existing ballast is excavated in front of the ballast cleaner using the same and the gravels are collected.
- the existing ballast layer 20 is excavated in such a way as to provide an inclined shoulder layer 22 such that the upper portion of the existing ballast layer 20 rises in height as it goes outside in order to prevent the foreign matters from coming in.
- the geosynthetics 30 are installed on the roadbed layer 10 exposed by the excavation of the existing ballast layer 20, using the geosynthetics roll attached by a connection beam.
- the new ballast gravels that are washed on the spot using the dry-type gravel washer are filled in the internal space defined by the installation of the geosynthetics 30.
- the ballast cleaner can generally carry out the cleaning operation for an interval of 110m an hour, and the existing processes of the removal of the existing ballast gravels, the installing of the geosynthetics 30, the discharging of the removed gravels, and the filling of the new ballast gravels can be simultaneously carried out using such a ballast cleaner.
- the arrangement of track gravels and line adjustment are carried out using the MTT.
- the line adjustment using the MTT it can be continuously and precisely carried out using a computer, a laser guiding device and others so that the process may be conducted efficiently and precisely to the extent of generally covering an interval of 1200mm an hour.
- high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected into the new gravel layer using the continuous type injector 24 to thereby form the prepacked concrete ballast layer 21.
- the prepacked concrete is prevented from flowing out, the existing ballast gravels are re-used without removal, and the removal process of the ballast, that is dependent on labor, is carried out using the ballast cleaner so that the construction speed is greatly increased.
- the new ballast layer is formed with high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete, so that the present concrete ballast track does not affect the operation of the train.
- the construction period is greatly shortened so that the construction process is suitable to maintenance or construction of the railway track within a restricted period, and that it can be applied to a section that may be a section where track deviation occurs repeatedly, and sections such as a connecting part, a welded part or the like where track deviation possibly occurs.
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A prepacked concrete track structure which comprises geosynthetics installed on a roadbed layer, a new ballast layer formed on the geosynthetics, a sleeper installed on the new ballast layer, a fastner installed on the sleeper, and a rail connected to the fastner.
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STRUCTURE OF HIGH-STRENGTH AND RAPIDLY- HARDENING PREPACKED CONCRETE TRACK FOR CARRYING OUT MECHANIZATION AND WORKING
METHOD THEREOF Technical Field
[1] The present invention relates to a high strength prepacked concrete track structure for mechanized construction and a construction process thereof, and more particularly to a high strength prepacked concrete track structure for mechanized construction and a construction process thereof in which existing sleepers and fastners are replaced, an existing ballast layer is excavated and geosynthetics are installed on a roadbed layer, and existing ballast gravels, that are dry-washed on the spot, are filled therein and high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected thereto to form a high strength and super early strength prepacked cement ballast layer to thereby replace the existing gravel ballast track with a concrete ballast track.
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Background Art
[3] Tracks are a portion that supports weight of a train in the railway, transmits the weight to a roadbed, and guides running of the train. Particularly, the running stability and driving comport of the train are directly influenced by the performance of the track, and interaction between the track and the train is the greatest factor on noises and vibrations.
[4] The gravel ballast track is a conventional basic track structure, which is of cheap construction costs and proper track elasticity so that upon occurrence of track deviation, it is relatively easily rearranged. In the ballast track, the gravels are positioned at the lowest portion of the track, serving to absorb shocks upon train running to mitigate the vibrations, and distribute the load of the train transmitted via the sleepers to thereby prevent a rail from subsiding or moving. Further, it facilitates the draining of rainwater and prevents grasses from growing on the ballast.
[5] However, since the gravels are likely to be broken into pieces due to frequent friction, and draining is likely to become worse and the gravels to lose their elasticity due to an influx of earth and sand, it needs periodic ballast cleaning or replacing, taking much labor, cost and time.
[6] Recently, as track deviation of the gravel ballast track increases in speed due to making the speed, weight and density of the train speedy, heavy and dense,
maintenance cost of the track also increases, so that concrete ballast or slab ballast track is constructed.
[7] The concrete ballast has an advantage in that the maintenance work is mitigated, the draining is good, and vibrations of the ballast and the train are reduced. The slab ballast is of a structure in which the sleepers and the ballast are made in one piece, so that the track deviation and ballast sinking due to speed-up of the train are reduced to save the maintenance cost. Thus, upon newly constructing, the existing gravel ballast track is gradually replaced with a concrete or slab track, and an efficient track has been studied which is capable of reducing the maintenance that is the problem in the existing gravel ballast track. However, since a market share of the conventional gravel ballast track is still large at present, it is effective that the existing ballast gravel track is modified to provide a concrete ballast track such as a slab track or the like.
[8] A conventional ballast modifying construction is generally carried out so as to improve the antiquated gravel ballast track used in subway, through the processes of removal of existing tracks, installing of new sleepers, a concrete form, a jacket and a temporary support, and pouring and curing of concrete in sequence, the processes and structure of which are similar to those of the construction of the slab track and that of the track.
[9] However, different from the subway track, the gravel ballast track of the existing railway has no invert so that problems are caused in that upon pouring of concrete, the concrete flows out, the construction speed is slow because the construction is dependent on manpower, and the train speed is restricted in a state where the temporary support is installed so that the operation of the train is delayed for a long time.
[10] Thus, it needs to develop a technique-intensive track structure capable of completing a certain working within a restricted construction period without affecting the operation of the train, and normally operating the train just after the construction.
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[12] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new concrete track structure and a construction process thereof capable of preventing outflow of concrete with the provision of geosynthetics even without installation of an invert.
[13] Another object of the present invention is to provide a new concrete track structure and a construction process thereof capable of carrying out the evacuation of existing ballast, installation of geosynthetics, and filling of new ballast layer with machine such
as using a ballast cleaner and a gravel dry-washer.
[14] Further object of the present invention is to provide a new concrete track structure and a construction process thereof in which high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected into a new ballast layer using a cement mortar injector without installing the temporary support during the ballast modification, to thereby form a high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete ballast layer.
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Technical Solution
[16] In order to accomplish the above and other objects, there is provided a prepacked concrete track structure is provided which comprises geosynthetics installed on a roadbed layer, a new ballast layer formed on the geosynthetics, a sleeper installed on the new ballast layer, a fastner installed on the sleeper, and a rail connected to the fastner; wherein the geosynthetics is installed such that the bottom thereof is brought into contact with the upper portion of the roadbed layer, right and left sides of the bottom of the geosynthetics having side faces perpendicular to the bottom; wherein the new ballast layer is composed of high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete that is filled and cured in the internal space where the geosynthetics are installed; wherein the sleeper consists of the plurality of sleepers installed on the new ballast layer parallel with each other; and wherein the rail is connected on the upper surface of the sleeper using the fastner so as to be perpendicular to the sleeper.
Advantageous Effects
[17] According to the concrete ballast track structure and the construction process thereof, the geosynthetics are previously installed, new ballast gravels are filled therein, and the cement mortar is injected thereto, to thereby prevent flow-out of the prepacked concrete without installing a separate invert.
[18] Further, the existing ballast gravels are re-used without removal, and the removal process of the ballast, that is dependent on labor, is carried out using the ballast cleaner so that the construction speed is greatly increased.
[19] Further, while during the existing ballast improving process, the temporary support is installed so that the speed of the running train should be restricted, according to the present invention, a new ballast layer is formed with high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete, which does not affect the operation of the train.
[20] Particularly, since all the processes of the ballast improvement construction are carried out using machine, the construction period is greatly shortened so that the construction process is suitable to maintenance or construction of the railway track within a restricted period.
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[22] FIGS. 1 to 3 are a schematic perspective view, a sectional view, and side sectional view illustrating a concrete ballast track structure according to the present invention, respectively;
[23] FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating geosynthetics fabricated so as to be attached to a ballast cleaner according to the present invention;
[24] FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a sleeper according to the present invention;
[25] FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a continuous injector for injecting cement mortar in order to form a new ballast layer; and
[26] FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a procedure of modifying the gravel ballast track into a concrete ballast track according to the present invention.
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[28] Description will now be made of the construction and effects of a concrete ballast track structure and a construction process thereof according to the present invention with reference to accompanying drawings.
[29] FIGS. 1 to 3 are a schematic perspective view, a sectional view, and side sectional view illustrating the concrete ballast track structure according to the present invention, respectively.
[30] As illustrated in the drawings, the concrete ballast track includes, from a lower portion thereof, a roadbed layer 10, one or more sheets of geosynthetics 30, a new ballast layer 21, a sleeper 50, a fastner 60, and a rail 70.
[31] FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating geosynthetics fabricated so as to be attached to a ballast cleaner according to the present invention. The geosynthetics 30 may be unwoven fabric, geotextile, geomembrane or others, and are installed on the roadbed layer 10 such that the bottom thereof is brought into contact with the upper surface of the roadbed layer 10, and the right and left sides thereof have the side faces perpendicular to the bottom thereof, i.e. having a cross section shaped like ' ' — ' '. Further, as illustrated in a circle showing an enlarged cross section taken along line A- A of FIG. 4, a panel having a certain width is inserted into both sides of the geosynthetics 30 such that both the sides of the geosynthetics 30 are fixedly installed perpendicular to the bottom thereof when the geosynthetics 30 are installed on the roadbed layer 10. The panel is preferably installed on both sides of the geosynthetics 30 using lattice type polypropylene by a length corresponding to height of the new ballast layer 21. Further, the geosynthetics 30 may be fabricated in roll type using a connection beam such that they are attached to the ballast cleaner so that the con-
struction is carried out through mechanization. The installation of the geosynthetics 30 is carried out at the same time as working type 2 using the ballast cleaner or a ballast regulator, and serves to rapidly drain rainwater or inflow water around them, and prevents injected concrete from leaking, so that there is no need to install a separate invert.
[32] The new ballast layer 21 is composed of a prepacked concrete layer consisting of new ballast gravels and high strength and super early strength cement mortar injected thereto.
[33] The new ballast gravels constituting the new ballast layer 21 are ones that are obtained by basically recycling the existing ballast gravels. Herein, to reduce a time taken to carry out the removal of the existing ballast gravels, the discharging of the removed gravels, and the filling of the new ballast gravels, the existing ballast gravels recycled by the ballast cleaner are washed on the spot using a dry-type washer and then are filled in the roadbed layer 10. At this time, only the gravels having a certain grain size are recycled, and the other part may be compensated with new gravels.
[34] After the new ballast gravels are filled, as illustrated in FIG. 6, high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected between the new ballast gravels using a continuous type injector 24 comprising a mixer 25, a mixer hood, a continuous mixer 26, a cushion tank 27, and a pump, to thereby form prepacked concrete. Since the cement mortar is injected into space between the sleepers 50 in a natural dropping manner, it should have good fluidity so as to be uniformly injected between the ballast gravels without vacancies, have a short curing time so as not to hinder the operation of the train, and have higher strength than common cement mortar having a compressive strength of lOMPa because it receives the load of the train. It is preferable that the cement mortar be of the compressive strength of 30MPa or more in order to support the load of the train. Further, it is preferable that the cement mortar be of composition to provide an uniaxial compressive strength of 0.4MPa an hour in order not to hinder the operation of the train. Further, it is preferable that admixtures such as super- plasticity, and fine aggregates with constant grain size be added thereto in order to improve fluidity while considering the economical aspect. Further, it is preferable that the cement mortar be of composition by which the curing speed is fast due to having super early strength cement, high strength is obtained due to having additives with Ca + and SO , and high fluidity is obtained due to having fine aggregates with constant
4 grain size. Meanwhile, it is preferable that the grain size of the ballast gravels, that are the aggregates constituting the prepacked concrete, be of 100% passing weight ratio for 63mm mesh screen, 75 to 95% for 50mm mesh screen, 50 to 80% for 40mm mesh screen, 25 to 50% for 30mm mesh screen, 5 to 30% for 25mm mesh screen, and 0 to 10% for 20mm mesh screen.
[35] FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a sleeper 50 according to the present invention. The sleeper 50 is preferably of a wide width in order to increase load distributing capability. Further, while the sleeper 50 is preferably of heavy weight so as to reduce vibration acceleration of the gravel ballast because the gravel ballast should support the load until the cement mortar is filled, it is preferable that the sleeper 50 be of a width of 360mm in order to carry out mechanized construction using a multiple tie tamper (MTT) that is the existing maintenance device of railroad. However, the width of the sleeper 50 may vary depending upon dimension of the device used. In case of using the concrete sleeper 50, it is possible to apply post-tension to provide a lateral reinforcement for securing required tensile strength.
[36] The fastner 60 installed on the sleeper 50 is preferably constructed such that it may be controlled in length by vertically ±30mm or more and laterally ±25mm or more using an insulating block or an eccentric bush so as to correct possible track deviation that may occur in the future time because the sleeper 50 and the new ballast layer 21 are integrated into one piece.
[37] Meanwhile, an asphalt surface layer 40 may be provided on the new ballast layer 21 so as to facilitate draining of water, or prevent the surface contamination such as generation of dusts.
[38] The construction process of the concrete ballast track having the above structure is as follows. As illustrated in FIG. 7 (a), first, existing sleepers 50 and the fastners 60 are removed, and new sleepers 50 and fastners 60 are installed. Herein, if machine such as a sleeper exchanger is used, 40 sleepers 50 an hour are generally exchanged. After exchanging the sleepers 50 and the fastners 60, a rail 70 is coupled to the sleepers 50 using the exchanged fastners 60. After the rail 70 is coupled, as illustrated in FIG. 7 (b), the existing ballast is excavated in front of the ballast cleaner using the same and the gravels are collected. Upon the existing ballast excavation, the existing ballast layer 20 is excavated in such a way as to provide an inclined shoulder layer 22 such that the upper portion of the existing ballast layer 20 rises in height as it goes outside in order to prevent the foreign matters from coming in. Herein, In the middle of the ballast cleaner, the geosynthetics 30 are installed on the roadbed layer 10 exposed by the excavation of the existing ballast layer 20, using the geosynthetics roll attached by a connection beam. In addition, in the rear of the ballast layer, the new ballast gravels that are washed on the spot using the dry-type gravel washer are filled in the internal space defined by the installation of the geosynthetics 30. The ballast cleaner can generally carry out the cleaning operation for an interval of 110m an hour, and the existing processes of the removal of the existing ballast gravels, the installing of the geosynthetics 30, the discharging of the removed gravels, and the filling of the new ballast gravels can be simultaneously carried out using such a ballast cleaner. After the
cleaning by the ballast cleaner, as illustrated in FIG. 7 (c), the arrangement of track gravels and line adjustment are carried out using the MTT. Upon the line adjustment using the MTT, it can be continuously and precisely carried out using a computer, a laser guiding device and others so that the process may be conducted efficiently and precisely to the extent of generally covering an interval of 1200mm an hour. After the arrangement of the track gravels and the line adjustment, as illustrated in FIG. 7 (d), high strength and super early strength cement mortar is injected into the new gravel layer using the continuous type injector 24 to thereby form the prepacked concrete ballast layer 21.
[39] Although the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
[40]
Industrial Applicability
[41] According to the concrete ballast track structure and the construction process thereof, the prepacked concrete is prevented from flowing out, the existing ballast gravels are re-used without removal, and the removal process of the ballast, that is dependent on labor, is carried out using the ballast cleaner so that the construction speed is greatly increased.
[42] Further, the new ballast layer is formed with high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete, so that the present concrete ballast track does not affect the operation of the train.
[43] Particularly, since all the construction processes are carried out using machine, the construction period is greatly shortened so that the construction process is suitable to maintenance or construction of the railway track within a restricted period, and that it can be applied to a section that may be a section where track deviation occurs repeatedly, and sections such as a connecting part, a welded part or the like where track deviation possibly occurs.
Claims
[1] A prepacked concrete track structure comprising geosynthetics 30 installed on a roadbed layer 10, a new ballast layer 21 formed on the geosynthetics 30, a sleeper 50 installed on the new ballast layer 21, a fastner 60 installed on the sleeper 50, and a rail 70 connected to the fastner 60; wherein the geosynthetics 30 is installed such that the bottom thereof is brought into contact with the upper portion of the roadbed layer 10, right and left sides of the bottom of the geosynthetics 30 having side faces perpendicular to the bottom; wherein the new ballast layer 21 is composed of high strength and super early strength prepacked concrete that is filled and cured in the internal space where the geosynthetics 30 are installed; wherein the sleeper 50 consists of the plurality of sleepers installed on the new ballast layer parallel with each other; and wherein the rail 70 is connected on the upper surface of the sleeper 50 using the fastner 60 so as to be perpendicular to the sleeper 50.
[2] The prepacked concrete track structure according to claim 1, wherein the geosynthetics 30 is provided at both sides thereof with a panel having a certain width so as to be independently installed on the upper surface of the roadbed layer 10.
[3] The prepacked concrete track structure according to claim 1, wherein the prepacked concrete is of the compressive strength of 30MPa or more, wherein cement mortar constituting the prepacked concrete is of composition having super early strength cement and additives with Ca2+ and SO 2"; and
4 wherein a grain size of aggregates constituting the prepacked concrete, is of 100% passing weight ratio for 63mm mesh screen, 75 to 95% for 50mm mesh screen, 50 to 80% for 40mm mesh screen, 25 to 50% for 30mm mesh screen, 5 to 30% for 25mm mesh screen, and 0 to 10% for 20mm mesh screen.
[4] A prepacked concrete track construction process comprising the steps of: exchanging existing sleeper 50 and existing fastner 60; coupling a rail 70 to the exchanged sleeper 50 using the exchanged fastner 60; excavating an existing ballast layer 20 using a ballast cleaner, installing geosynthetics 30 on a roadbed layer 10, dry-washing the existing ballast gravels, and filling the new ballast gravels in the internal space where the geosynthetics 30 are installed; position- adjusting the rail 70 using a multiple tie tamper (MTT); and injecting high strength and super early strength cement mortar into the new ballast gravel layer to form a prepacked concrete layer 21.
[5] The prepacked concrete track construction process according to claim 4, wherein
in the step of excavating the existing ballast layer 20 using the ballast cleaner, installing geosynthetics 30 on the roadbed layer 10, dry-washing the existing ballast gravels, and filling the new ballast gravels in the internal space where the geosynthetics 30 are installed, with once operation of the ballast cleaner, the excavation of the existing ballast layer 20 is carried out in front of the ballast cleaner, and at the same time, the installation of the geosynthetics 30 is carried out in the middle of the ballast cleaner, and the filling of the new ballast gravels is carried out in the rear of the ballast cleaner.
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