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Technical Sessions THURSDAY, APRIL 14

9-1 Estimating Deterioration in the Concrete Tie-Ballast Interface Based on
ELECTRIFICATION ISSUES - STRAY CURRENT AND RAIL-TO- Vertical Tie Deflection Profile: A Numerical Study
EARTH RESISTANCE
Carolina F-G 10:00am - 11:45am Technical Publication. JRC2016-5783

Hailing Yu, US DOT/Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA, United States
Session Organizer: John Grantham, Parsons Infrastructure - Rail Transit,
Baltimore, MD, United States
High-Strength Reduced-Modulus High Performance Concrete (HS-
Stray Current Corrosion Assessment of Utility Pipes
RM-HPC) for Prestressed Concrete Tie Applications
Technical Publication. JRC2016-5709
Technical Publication. JRC2016-5798
Saud Memon, Arup, Katy, TX, United States, Paul Fromme, University
Dimitrios Rizos, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
College London, London, United Kingdom

1-8
Rail-to-Earth Resistance Assessment for a Medium Capacity Transit SUBSTRUCTURE & SUPPORT 1
System With Continuous Negative Rails by Potential Measurement Carolina D 1:45pm - 3:30pm

Technical Publication. JRC2016-5810
Reducing Slab Track Vibrations by Using Asphalt Concrete in the
Bih-Yuan Ku, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Substructure
Ching Liang Wu, Sinotech Engineering Consultants, LTD., Taipei, Chun-Fu
Lin, Tatung Co., Taipei, S, Taiwan Student Technical Publication. JRC2016-5766
Mohammadhassan Esmaeili,, Meysam Naeimi, Iran University of Science
and Technology, Tehran, Iran, Bahman Soltani, AUT, Amirkabir University
TRACK 1 RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Mahsa Afsartaha, IUT, Isfahan University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran
Track Organizer: Conrad Ruppert, University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-
paign, Urbana, IL, United States

Track Co-Organizer: Debakanta Mishra, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Evaluating Track Moduli using Numerical Techniques
United States
Oral Presentation. JRC2016-5774

Timothy Stark, Stephen Wilk, University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign,
1-7 Urbana, IL, United States
CONCRETE CROSSTIES 3
Carolina A-B 1:45pm - 3:30pm

Suitability and Variability of Non-Destructive Testing Methods for Introduction to Chemical Stabilization of Unstable Trackbeds
Concrete Railroad Tie Inspection
Technical Publication. JRC2016-5779
Student Technical Publication. JRC2016-5776
George A. Tannoury, Terracon Consultants, Inc., Wichita, KS, United
Aref Shafiei, Kyle Riding, Robert Peterman, Chris Christensen, B. Terry States, Steven D Schrock, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United
States
Beck, Aaron A. Robertson, Chih-Hang John Wu, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS, United States

Embankment Stabilization Techniques for Railroads on Permafrost
Dynamic Response of Concrete Ties Fitted with Under-Tie Pads
Student Technical Publication. JRC2016-5731
Oral Presentation. JRC2016-5837
Priscilla Addison, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI,
Debakanta Mishra, Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, Erol United States, Pasi Lautala, Michigan Technological University, Hancock,
MI, United States, Thomas Oommen, Michigan Technological University,
Tutumluer, Huseyin Boler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
24 Houghton, MI, United States, Zachary Vallos, OmniTRAX Inc., Denver, CO,
Urbana, IL, United States, Michael Tomas, AMTRAK, Wilmington, DE, United
United States
States, James Hyslip, HyGround Engineering, Williamsburg, MA, United States