Explain the necessity of sleepers in railway track. Using sleeper density of M+6, estimate the quantity of track material required for constructing a B.G. railway track that is 6km long, if the length of the rail is 13m.

Mumbai University > Civil Engineering > Sem 5 > Transportation Engineering 1

Marks: 10M

Year: Dec 2014

Sleepers:

These are the members laid transversely, under the rail for supporting and fixing them at the gauge distance apart are known as sleepers.

There are three types of sleepers :

1) Wooden sleepers 2) Metal sleepers 3) Concrete sleepers

Necessity of sleepers:

1. To maintain alignment of track
2. They hold …