Category Archives: High-speed rail

Qualitative effects of clay on high-speed rail

This post is the second in a series delving into limitations that Leda clay may impose on HSR. In the last post, we introduced this material and the problem of acoustic shocks generated in the ground. In this post, we’ll … Continue reading

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No supersonic trains for Ottawa to Montreal high-speed rail

UPDATE: A bug fix has corrected the quadrupled the clay depth shown in the map at the end of this post. For Central Canada’s high-speed rail project, the Montreal to Ottawa segment seems like one of the simplest to design. … Continue reading

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