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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2012.28.9.17

Geo-Morphological Study of Sand Dune for Railway Project in UAE  

Moon, Joon-Shik (School of Architecture and civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Jae-Young (Civil Engineering Center, Samsung C&T)
Lee, Seung-Bok (Civil Engineering Center, Samsung C&T)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.28, no.9, 2012 , pp. 17-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wind blown sand is expected to disrupt the operation of the railway as the presented railway project in this paper consists of large earthworks in extreme topography of the mega dune fields. For successful railway construction in sand dune area, effective mitigation measure is the most important factor to protect the track from wind blown sand. The effective mitigation measure requires an integrated consideration of the earthworks geometry and the direct control measures such as fence system. Basically there's no perfect measure protecting railway track from wind blown sand, and it would be more economical and effective to develop robust, deliberate maintenance program for track and direct control measure on the basis of geo-morphological study. The purpose of this study is to identify the large scale geo-morphological terrains and specific sand dune morphology in the project area in UAE and estimate the direction and migration rate for sand dunes with the local variations in prevailing wind directions by undertaking literature review, and aerial photographs, satellite images, and ground studies.
Keywords
Wind-blown sand mitigation; Sand dune; Geo-morphological study; Sand dune migration rate;
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