Slope stability for rail road side slopes 1

[zainabedin]

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.

 

[jdonville]

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.

http://www.ttlassoc.com

The views or opinions expressed by me are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of my employer.

 

[sammyian]

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