Sustainable materials in concrete railway sleepers: A review of current developments and future prospects

• Main Authors: Yee, Jia Jun, Khong, Sheh Ching, Che, Jialing, Tee, Kong Fah, Chin, Siew Choo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2024
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42085/1/Sustainable%20Materials%20in%20Concrete%20Railway%20Sleepers%20-%20A%20Review%20of%20Current%20Developments%20and%20Future%20Prospects.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42085/; https://doi.org/10.15282/jceib.v10i1.10292

Concretes have been the favoured material to make concrete railway sleepers due to better accessibility and weather compared to their timber counterparts. Railway sleepers are crucial infrastructure and 5% of concrete sleepers fail prematurely. Sleeper failure could result in catastrophic railway ac...