Modeling the State of a Railway Track Foundation by Seismic Methods

Abstract

The paper presents the first results of full-scale modeling of the state of the foundation of a railway track running through areas with complex natural-climatic and engineering-geological conditions. Our results demonstrate the fundamental possibility of using seismic stations installed along the track foundation to continuously monitor its state. Monitoring parameters that can signal subsoil deterioration have been identified, e.g., flooding, ground thawing, etc. An advantage of the proposed approach over other geophysical methods is the possibility of identifying problem areas at the early stage, as well as real-time monitoring of their state and rapid information transmission to a central communication hub.