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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.9.508

Economic Evaluation on Geosynthetic Reinforced Abutment for Railways  

Kim, Dae Sang (Advanced Railroad Civil Engineering Division, KRRI)
Kim, Ung-Jin (Advanced Railroad Civil Engineering Division, KRRI)
Sung, Keun-Yeol (Department of Structural Engineering, KRTC)
Kim, Hak-Mo (Department of Structural Engineering, KRTC)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.9, 2018 , pp. 508-517 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study evaluated the construction costs of 11 design cases to decrease the horizontal forces applied to an abutment. They include two kinds of abutment types, which are used to improve the backfill materials for reversed T-shaped abutment and geosynthehtic reinforced abutment for railways (RAR). In the first economic analysis, the internal friction angles of the backfill materials were increased from ${\Phi}=35^{\circ}$ to ${\Phi}=40^{\circ}$ and $50^{\circ}$ for a reversed T-shaped abutment. The second analysis examined cases with the design of a geosynthehtic RAR. When the friction angles were $40^{\circ}$ or $50^{\circ}$ after improvement of the backfill material, the reduction in the construction cost of the abutment was not as large (2.0-3.9%), even though the horizontal forces on the abutment were decreased by 18-48%. However, in the case of applying the RAR, a maximum cost reduction of 30% was achieved by decreasing the horizontal force to zero. The cost reduction results from the decreased wall thickness, base slab size, and the number of pile foundations for the abutment, as well as changing the material.
Keywords
Abutment; Backfill Materials; Economic Evaluation; Horizontal forces; Reinforced Abutment for Railway;
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