IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v14y2022i18p11715-d918277.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Sustainable Applications of Tyre-Derived Aggregates for Railway Transportation Infrastructure

Author

Listed:
  • Mohammad Adnan Farooq

    (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Sanjay Nimbalkar

    (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Behzad Fatahi

    (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

Abstract

Scrap tyres are used to produce tyre-derived aggregates (TDA), which can be used as fill material, backfill material, drainage layers, and vibration-damping material, among other uses. This study presents a comprehensive review of TDA applications in civil engineering with a specific focus on railway projects. A review of the existing literature reveals the lack of sufficient knowledge on the use of TDA in slab tracks. This article also analyses the adequacy of different constitutive models to properly simulate the performance of TDA while highlighting the importance of adopting the most suitable constitutive model. The variations in shear stresses and displacements with depth below ballasted and slab tracks in the presence and absence of TDA are discussed. It is shown that TDA effectively reduces the shear stresses for the subgrade layer of both track types. Moreover, the impact of TDA on stress transfer in the vertical and lateral track directions is assessed. The findings from the present analysis reveal that TDA helps in reducing the vertical and lateral stresses near its placement position in ballasted and slab tracks.

Suggested Citation

  • Mohammad Adnan Farooq & Sanjay Nimbalkar & Behzad Fatahi, 2022. "Sustainable Applications of Tyre-Derived Aggregates for Railway Transportation Infrastructure," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-24, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:18:p:11715-:d:918277
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/18/11715/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/18/11715/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Yunlong Guo & Yameng Ji & Qiang Zhou & Valeri Markine & Guoqing Jing, 2020. "Discrete Element Modelling of Rubber-Protected Ballast Performance Subjected to Direct Shear Test and Cyclic Loading," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-31, April.
    2. Saud A. Alfayez & Ahmed R. Suleiman & Moncef L. Nehdi, 2020. "Recycling Tire Rubber in Asphalt Pavements: State of the Art," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-15, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ishmael Onungwe & Dexter V. L. Hunt & Ian Jefferson, 2023. "Transition and Implementation of Circular Economy in Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Nigeria: A Systematic Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-26, August.
    2. Farshad Dabbaghi & Maria Rashidi & Moncef L. Nehdi & Hamzeh Sadeghi & Mahmood Karimaei & Haleh Rasekh & Farhad Qaderi, 2021. "Experimental and Informational Modeling Study on Flexural Strength of Eco-Friendly Concrete Incorporating Coal Waste," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-22, July.
    3. Julia Nowak & Roman Jaskulski & Wojciech Kubissa & Bartłomiej Matusiak & Maciej Banach, 2023. "On the Need for a Paradigm Change in the Valuation of Concrete with Waste Materials Based on the Example of Concrete with Crumb Rubber," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-16, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:18:p:11715-:d:918277. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.