COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BEARING CAPACITY OF REINFORCED AND NON-REINFORCED RAILWAY EMBANKMENT

Abstract

A comparative analysis using the programme ANSYS (FEM) deals with the generation of the computation model and with the assessment of the influence of the geogrids and the vertical lime-cement columns on the bearing capacity and deformation of the railway embankment on the less load-bearing subsoil. The graphic outputs give an overview of the field layout of equivalent stresses and deformation in the construction of the railway substructure.

Keywords

• computation model, geogrid, lime-cement columns, embankment, subsoil, bearing capacity, deformation, equivalent (von Misses) stress