Distress Characteristics in Embankment-Bridge Transition Section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in Permafrost Regions

Abstract The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been operating safely for 16 years in the permafrost zone and the railroad subgrade is generally stable by adopting the cooling roadbed techniques. However, settlement caused by the degradation of subgrade permafrost in the embankment-bridge transition sections...

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Main Authors: Peifeng He, Fujun Niu, Yunhui Huang, Saize Zhang, Chenglong Jiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-023-00506-w