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RAILWAY ENGINEERING
{BALLAST & FISHPLATES}
LECTURE BY
VENKATESH KANNEKANTI
jusvenki@yahoo.in // 14-11-2012
AGENDA OF LECTURE
BALLAST
Functions
Requirements
Types
Renewal of ballast
FISH PLATES
Introduction on fish plates
Failures of fish plates.
BALLAST
WHAT IS BALLAST
Ballast is a granular material usually broken
stone or brick, shingle or kankar, gravel or sand
placed and packed below and around the
sleepers to transmit load.
2. Gravel
Gravel ranks next in its suitability for use as
materials for ballast and is used in many
countries of the world in very large quantities.
TYPES OF BALLAST
2. Gravel
2 DEPTH OF BALLAST 20 TO 25 cm 15 TO 20 cm 15 cm