Fixed Carriageway for Rail Vehicles

Abstract

Fitted carriageway for rail vehicles having rails fixed on sleepers, which are supported by a structure engineered in concrete or a concrete composite, in which case the sleepers are embedded in the structural concrete of the engineered structure or in a protective concrete layer or are mounted direct on the structural concrete or the protective concrete layer.

1 . A fixed carriageway for rail vehicles, comprising:
 sleepers,   rails fixed to said sleepers, and   an engineered structure including concrete or concrete composite which includes a protective concrete layer, the sleepers being one of embedded in the concrete of the engineered structure, embedded in the protective concrete layers or mounted on the structural concrete or protective concrete layer.   
   
   
       2 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 1 , wherein the sleepers include at least one of single- or multi-block sleepers. 
   
   
       3 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 1 , wherein said fixed carriageway includes at least one of longitudinal or transverse reinforcement. 
   
   
       4 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 1 , wherein the engineered structure is a bridge or a concrete panel with a foundation. 
   
   
       5 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 4 , wherein the bridge includes at least one of at least one edge cap or at least one cable channel disposed at a side adjacent to the sleepers for receiving lateral forces. 
   
   
       6 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 said engineered structure includes the protective concrete layer; and   said protective concrete layer acts as a bridge seal.   
   
   
       7 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 1 , wherein the engineered structure comprises a tunnel. 
   
   
       8 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 7 , wherein
 said engineered structure includes a compensating concrete layer; and   the sleepers are embedded in said compensating concrete layer.   
   
   
       9 . A fixed carriageway for rail vehicles, comprising:
 sleepers;   rails fixed to said sleepers; and   an engineered structure including a concrete supporting structure, the sleepers being one of embedded in the concrete of the engineered structure or mounted on the concrete.   
   
   
       10 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 9 , wherein said sleepers are dual-block sleepers embedded in the concrete such that only upper regions of the dual-block sleepers project from the concrete. 
   
   
       11 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 10 , further comprising grid supports which join together an associated pair of said dual-block sleepers thereby providing transverse support. 
   
   
       12 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 9 , wherein said concrete supporting structure includes at least one of longitudinal or transverse reinforcement. 
   
   
       13 . A fixed carriageway for rail vehicles, comprising:
 sleepers;   rails fixed to said sleepers; and   an engineered structure including concrete composite which includes a concrete supporting structure and a protective concrete layer, the sleepers being one of embedded in the protective concrete layer or mounted on the protective concrete layer.   
   
   
       14 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 13 , wherein said sleepers are dual-block sleepers embedded in the protective concrete layer such that only upper regions of the dual-block sleepers project from the protective concrete layer. 
   
   
       15 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 14 , further comprising grid supports which join together an associated pair of said dual-block sleepers thereby providing transverse support. 
   
   
       16 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 13 , wherein said fixed carriageway includes at least one of longitudinal or transverse reinforcement. 
   
   
       17 . A fixed carriageway for rail vehicles, comprising:
 sleepers;   rails fixed to said sleepers; and   an engineered structure including a concrete supporting structure and a compensating concrete layer being disposed on said concrete supporting structure, said sleepers being embedded in said compensating concrete layer.   
   
   
       18 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 17 , wherein said sleepers are dual-block sleepers embedded in the compensating concrete layer such that only upper regions of the dual-block sleepers project from the compensating concrete layer. 
   
   
       19 . A fixed carriageway according to  claim 17 , wherein said concrete supporting structure is in a shape of a segment of a circle.