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What is ballast? Why it is used in the railway track? Briefly describe the various types & advantages, disadvantages & suitability.
written 8.9 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k •   modified 3.8 years ago

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

Marks: 10M

Year: Dec 2014
transportation engineering
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written 8.9 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

Ballast:

Ballast is material like broken stone, gravel or any other granular material spread and packed below and around sleeper.

It provides good drainage for the track structure, It provides weed of greed, It holds sleepers in correct position by preventing movements caused by lateral load therefore ballast is used …

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