Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic

In the first part, the paper deals with the origin and reasons to construct an unconventional type of the structure of railway superstructure, which is referred to as a slab track, it is shortly characterized by its development and the possible application of the railway tracks. The second part of t...

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Main Authors: Ižvolt Libor, Šmalo Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-05-01
Series:Civil and Environmental Engineering
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description In the first part, the paper deals with the origin and reasons to construct an unconventional type of the structure of railway superstructure, which is referred to as a slab track, it is shortly characterized by its development and the possible application of the railway tracks. The second part of the paper deals with the historical development of unconventional structure of railway superstructure in the Slovak Republic, characteristics of the developed and tested structures, and then in the third part of this paper, there are characterized specific structures of slab track applied in the ongoing modernization of the railway infrastructure in the Slovak Republic
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spelling doaj.art-9d5799f0c45c492d9b6093533e46d3a72022-12-22T00:17:32ZengSciendoCivil and Environmental Engineering1336-58352014-05-01101799410.2478/cee-2014-0010cee-2014-0010Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak RepublicIžvolt Libor0Šmalo Michal1Department of Railway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Railway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovak RepublicIn the first part, the paper deals with the origin and reasons to construct an unconventional type of the structure of railway superstructure, which is referred to as a slab track, it is shortly characterized by its development and the possible application of the railway tracks. The second part of the paper deals with the historical development of unconventional structure of railway superstructure in the Slovak Republic, characteristics of the developed and tested structures, and then in the third part of this paper, there are characterized specific structures of slab track applied in the ongoing modernization of the railway infrastructure in the Slovak Republichttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cee.2014.10.issue-1/cee-2014-0010/cee-2014-0010.xml?format=INTApplications of slab tracksHistorical development of slab track constructionsRailway trackSlab trackTrack superstructure
spellingShingle Ižvolt Libor
Šmalo Michal
Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Applications of slab tracks
Historical development of slab track constructions
Railway track
Slab track
Track superstructure
title Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic
title_full Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic
title_fullStr Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic
title_full_unstemmed Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic
title_short Historical Development and Applications of Unconventional Structure of Railway Superstructure of the Railway Infrastructure of the Slovak Republic
title_sort historical development and applications of unconventional structure of railway superstructure of the railway infrastructure of the slovak republic
topic Applications of slab tracks
Historical development of slab track constructions
Railway track
Slab track
Track superstructure
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