About Geotechnical Engineering Department:
Geotechnical Engineering Directorate of RDSO deals with Geotechnical Engineering matters of Indian Railways. It has well equipped laboratory with all conventional and latest modern soil testing facilities. Main areas of activities involves Advise on matters concerning Geotechnical Engineering to Indian Railways, Framing and updating Guidelines/Manuals/Specifications for Earthwork, Ballast and Tunnels, Super check of earthwork in new constructions, Consultancy on Geotechnical Engineering problems to various Zonal Railways, Training of Railway personnel in Geotechnical Engineering. Adoption of new products/technologies pertaining to Geotechnical Engineering.
Organization chart:
Brief achievements of the Department during last one year and current year:
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Development of Specification for Track Ballast as ‘National Standard’ along with BIS Identification
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Guidelines for Use of Coir Geo-Textile for slope protection in Indian Railways
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Guidelines on Soft Soils & Methods of Ground Improvement
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Guidelines on Soil Nailing
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Review of Guidelines for Cuttings in Railway, No. GE: G-2
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Solutions to Field problems-Consultancy/Reports
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Normalisation of traffic speed in Pilibhit-Shajanhapur Gauge converted track & Formation rehabilitation using geosynthetics in Rampur-Rudrapur section, NER
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Cutting related problems in Ghat section of Huballi division, SWR
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Settlement of High Bank between Solur- Thippsandra stations in Bengaluru- Hassan Section, Bengaluru Division of South Western Railway’
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Settlement of Railway Formation in KM 44/14 to KM 46/0 Rajsunkhala (RSKA) - Bolgarh Town (BORT) block section of Khurda – Balangir New line, Khurda Road Division, ECoR
Current assignments in hand:
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Development of suitable Design of Bridge Transition system for 25t axle load for freight (upto 100Kmph) and passenger traffic (upto 160/200 Kmph operational speed) for IR , with IIT/Delhi
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Development of Methodology and Specifications for Utilisation of Steel Slag as Ballast Material in Railway Track with CSIR-CRRI
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Indian Railway Tunnel Guideline (IRTG) & Indian Railway Tunnel Manual (IRTM)
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Review of booklet on Geotechnical testing for railway engineers for quality control (GE:G-3, Dec. 2004)
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Review of Guidelines for Geotechnical engineering organization in Zonal Railway (RDSO/2007/GE:G-0011, Jan., 2008)
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New Guidelines on Instrumentation & Monitoring of Railway embankment
