A review of past geotechnical performance of the Hudson Bay Rail embankment and its comparison to the current condition
Copyright © 2015 by ASME. The Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) is a 510 mile railway completed in 1929 in northern Manitoba, Canada. It connects domestic locations in North America with international destinations through the Port of Churchill. Permafrost was encountered during construction at milepost 136 i...
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ftmichigantuniv:oai:digitalcommons.mtu.edu:michigantech-p-31226 2023-05-15T15:55:06+02:00 A review of past geotechnical performance of the Hudson Bay Rail embankment and its comparison to the current condition Priscilla, E. Addison Oommen, Thomas Lautala, Pasi 2015-01-01T08:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/11924 https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2015-5780 unknown Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/11924 https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2015-5780 Michigan Tech Publications text 2015 ftmichigantuniv https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2015-5780 2022-07-28T17:44:42Z Copyright © 2015 by ASME. The Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) is a 510 mile railway completed in 1929 in northern Manitoba, Canada. It connects domestic locations in North America with international destinations through the Port of Churchill. Permafrost was encountered during construction at milepost 136 in isolated peat bogs which continued in a gradual northward transition from discontinuous to continuous permafrost. Over the past 80 years, warming climate combined with poor engineering properties of the railway embankment material has resulted in further thawing of the discontinuous permafrost leading to differential settlement along the rail embankment and high annual maintenance costs. In a bid to understand the geothermal regime of the embankment, underlying subsurface condition, and to seek for solutions to stabilize the embankment, extensive work has been done from 1977 to the present time. This paper seeks to review reports of the past projects and compare the results against current conditions at selected test locations. Text Churchill Hudson Bay permafrost Michigan Technological University: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Canada Hudson Hudson Bay 2015 Joint Rail Conference |
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Copyright © 2015 by ASME. The Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) is a 510 mile railway completed in 1929 in northern Manitoba, Canada. It connects domestic locations in North America with international destinations through the Port of Churchill. Permafrost was encountered during construction at milepost 136 in isolated peat bogs which continued in a gradual northward transition from discontinuous to continuous permafrost. Over the past 80 years, warming climate combined with poor engineering properties of the railway embankment material has resulted in further thawing of the discontinuous permafrost leading to differential settlement along the rail embankment and high annual maintenance costs. In a bid to understand the geothermal regime of the embankment, underlying subsurface condition, and to seek for solutions to stabilize the embankment, extensive work has been done from 1977 to the present time. This paper seeks to review reports of the past projects and compare the results against current conditions at selected test locations. |
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A review of past geotechnical performance of the Hudson Bay Rail embankment and its comparison to the current condition |
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A review of past geotechnical performance of the Hudson Bay Rail embankment and its comparison to the current condition |
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A review of past geotechnical performance of the Hudson Bay Rail embankment and its comparison to the current condition |
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