Analysis of the technical condition of culverts on the railway of Ukraine

Inspection and assessment of concrete pipe culverts under highways in Tatarstan

“…On some sections of roads, especially in rough terrain, this type of destruction reaches 100%. The second most widespread is the silting of pipes and small bridges [2,16,17]. One of the factors that cause damage to the culvert, its heads and fortifications, is the silting of the pipe.…”

“…In the Moscow Region, siltation ranges from 9% when the entire pipe is silted up to 58% when half of the pipe body is silted up [13,18,19]. Siltation of pipes on the Pridnestrovian Railway is 36 % [16]. On the roads of the south of the Far East, 6% of the surveyed pipes are silted up [20,21].…”