Infrastructure

Available publications

A special construction of the HSL-crossing with the A15 at Barendrecht, Holland

Design of the inflatable storm surge barrier at Rampspol, The Netherlands

Seminar Shanghai, 2001

Dynamic aspects of the inflatable storm surge barrier Ramspol

High speed rail link south: on horizontal move; Horizontal displacements of a concrete U-shaped cutting near Rotterdam

IABSE Symposium, Antwerpen, Belgium

High-tech fastening for high-speed track

Soon, high speed trains will cross the Netherlands. The construction fo the rail bed requires a specially-developed dowel system that may very wll influence modern railway construction in other countries. 

Soil structure interaction analyses of the settlement free slab of the high speed rail link in The Netherlands

FIB Conference 2002, Osaka, Japan 

Storm surge barrier Ramspol

Baustatik-Baupraxis 7, Balkema, Rotterdam 1999, The Netherlands

Track quality achieved on HSL-South

Reduction of short-wave irregularities cuts life cycle-costs: From 2008, High-speed trains will be running on the Dutch HSL-South. During construction and testing of the line, a special focus has been placed on the assessment of the track geometry in the short-wave and, in order to prevent quick track deterioration and to reduce maintenance Life Cycle Cost.