@article{Saad Farhan Ibrahim Alabdullah_Ali Jabbar Kadhim_Harith Basim Khalaf_2020, title={LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS FOR REINFORCED GEOGRID RAILWAY TRACK}, volume={19}, url={https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/1736}, abstractNote={<p>The development of railway transportation is facing many challenges, and one of the main <br>challenges is the reduction of track costs. The total cost of railway transportation is derived from construction, <br>maintenance and operation of infrastructure, manufacturing and maintenance of vehicles, as well as fuel <br>production. Since maintenance, costs for the conventional ballasted railway track could be significantly <br>reduced if the developed settlement under loading decreased. The reduction of railway track costs is critical <br>for the competitiveness of railway operators since other competing modes of transportation (e.g. automotive, <br>aviation) have seen a tremendous decrease in life cycle cost in the previous years. In contrast, the prices of <br>railway maintenance have not decreased significantly at the same time. The objective of this study is mainly <br>to focus on the reduction in the railway track cost due to the use of geogrid reinforcement. The results showed <br>a decrease of railway track cost for the sub-ballast reinforced model (4.1%), the ballast reinforced model was <br>(6.5%), and the double reinforced model was (3.73%) as compared to the unreinforced track.</p>}, number={75}, journal={GEOMATE Journal}, author={Saad Farhan Ibrahim Alabdullah and Ali Jabbar Kadhim and Harith Basim Khalaf}, year={2020}, month={Nov.}, pages={191–196} }