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Box Pushing Operation
The thrust beds of required size and designed thickness were cast with M25 concrete. Pin pockets of 0.5m x 0.5m x 0.6m size are provided at suitable spacing for jacking arrangements. The sides of pin pockets are provided with 6mm thick M.S. Plate to take the thrust. The pin pockets are then filled with sand and small layer of screed concrete is placed on them to get smooth surface for casting or Box elements.
Additional safety measures
taken at this site :
Second, cutting edge: As the size of the box is large, based on past experience a second cutting edge has been provided at 2m below the top cutting edge, and both are interconnected with stiffener plates. This helped in supporting the formation/slope in case of soft soils and emergencies.
- Insertion of rails between sleepers beforehand: To take care of any local collapse of formation ahead of cutting edge the running track was supported with cross rails in between the sleepers. One end of these rails was supported on the box and the other end on the formation with the help of wooden blocks. This will help in immediate transfer of load from the running rails to formation in case of any local sinking under the sleepers while passing of the trains.
- Use of Surfers & Jacks: While pushing the box, there may be a disturbance to the track alignment and level. The disturbance in alignment was minimized by the use of turfers & jacks duly applying force in opposite direction.
- Use of channel pieces on rails: While pushing, the track gets lifted up. The running rails can be quickly supported by placing channel pieces of different sizes on the pre-placed rails between sleepers and the trains can be allowed before full attention to the track.
- Applying grease to drag sheets: The friction between the drag sheets and the box can be reduced by applying grease to the drag sheets at the point of drag sheet rolls.
Additional constraints
at this site:
General safety precautions
taken at site:
Problems encountered
while pushing:
Shearing of drag sheets:
This may be due to restricted movement of drag sheets which are pressed between cutting edge and soil of the formation, pressing against boulders present in the formation, not able to withstand the forces developed during pushing, etc.