Synopsis The authors have been long engaged in the design, consultation and research of railways and in charge of the engineering consultation on many high-speed railways in China, including Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway and Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Railway. This book was compiled on the basis of the systematic analysis and summary of China’s railway engineering consultation and in consideration of engineering consultation practices. The book is divided into five chapters, including Development and Technical Characteristics of Railways, Management of Railway Engineering Consultation, Methods for Railway Engineering Consultation, Key Points of Railway Engineering Consultation, and Cases of Railway Engineering Consultation. The book excels in excellent descriptions and illustrations, rich contents, as well as good pertinence and practicability, so it may be used as a reference for relevant personnel engaged in the management, design, consultation and construction of railways and for the teachers and students of universities.

Unit l Development and Technical Characteristics of Railways
1.1 0verseas High-speed Railway Development
1.2 Speeding-up reconstruction of railways in China
1.3 Medium and long-term plans for China's railways
1.4 Main types of China's passenger dedicated railways
1.5 China's construction technologies for high-speed railways
1.6 History of high-speed railway development in China
Unit 2 Management of Railway Engineering Consultation
2.1 Construction process and management of China's railways
2.2 0rganization structure for railway engineering consultation and responsibilities
of key personnel
2.3 Consultation quality plan
2.4 Control of consultation process
2.5 Control of consultation results
2.6 Consultation management systems
2.7 Working procedures of consultation
2.8 Consultation risk management
Unit 3 Methods for Railway Engineering Consultation
3.2 Stage division of consultation work
3.3 Investigation method
3.4 0bservation method -
3.5 Experiment method
3.6 Simulation method
3.7 Question-raising method
3.8 Induction method
3.9 Analogy Method
3.10 Deduction method
3.11 Systematic method
3.12 Feedback method
Unit 4 Key Points of Railway Engineering ConsuLtation
4.1 Design optimization consultation
4.2 Construction drawing review consultation
4.3 Construction process consultation
4.4 Special consuLtation
Unit 5 Cases of Railway Engineering Consultation
5.1 Consultation on dynamic responses of transition sections among subgrade, bridges,
tunnels and culverts of a certain high-speed railway
5.2 Consultation on stress on girder end of intercity railway simply supported girder
5.3 Consultation on the improvement design of filling material of Xiashu clay for the
subgrade of the high-speed railway
5.4 Consultation on reasonable pier type of the high-speed railway
5.5 Consultation on the river-crossing tunnel works of a certain high-speed railway
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