A novel design approach for sustainable and resilient railway formations

该项目旨在验证一种新的设计方法，以实现更具可持续性和弹性的铁路结构。铁路网支撑着澳大利亚的经济，每年的维护费用高达数千万美元。这一成本将随着气候事件的频率和强度的增加而增加。这项研究将提高人们对水对铁路构筑物性能影响的认识，并将为最终用户提供一种新颖的设计工具，使工程师能够回收构筑物中被污染的压载物。该项目将为澳大利亚带来巨大的经济效益，将加强学术界和行业合作伙伴之间的联系，并将解决与污染压载物相关的环境和可持续性问题。

The project aims to validate a novel design approach for more sustainable and resilient railway formations. The railway network underpins the Australian economy and its maintenance costs tens of millions of dollars every year. This cost will increase with the growing frequency and intensity of climatic events. The research will advance the knowledge on the effect of water on the performance of railway formations and will deliver a novel design tool for end-users that will allow engineers to recycle fouled ballast in formations . The project will yield significant financial benefits for Australia, will strengthen links between Academia and industry partners, and will address environmental and sustainability issues linked to fouled ballast.