Disaster prevention and mitigation in railway engineering

Abstract

With the rapid development of railway engineering, the scope of railway construction has been extended to mountainous areas, basins and other geological environments. In these areas, railway construction needs to pay attention to landslides, earthquakes and other disasters, otherwise it will threaten unnecessary economic losses and even personal safety. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the disaster threats faced by railways and the measures to prevent these disasters, especially earthquakes and landslides, and to look at the future development trend of prevention and control. Earthquake early warning is one of the effective means to improve the safety of high-speed railway. As for the railway crossing the high earthquake wind area, it can be considered to establish the earthquake early warning and monitoring system for effective protection. For landslide disaster, interference should be reduced in the construction process, and special evaluation and targeted engineering treatment.