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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 110
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 29

Geometric Design of Railway Superstructures: Automatic Analysis of Standards in a Building Information Modeling Environment

M.F. Porto1, R.M.A. Baracho2, J.R.Q. Franco1, R.L.P. Ribeiro1 and N.T.R. Nunes1

1Engineering School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2Institute of Information Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
M.F. Porto, R.M.A. Baracho, J.R.Q. Franco, R.L.P. Ribeiro, N.T.R. Nunes, "Geometric Design of Railway Superstructures: Automatic Analysis of Standards in a Building Information Modeling Environment", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 29, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.29
Keywords: geometric design, infrastructure design, code checking, build information modeling.

Summary
The Brazilian government plans for the next fifteen years to build and put into operation about twelve thousand kilometers of new railways. There is the challenge of creating new methods of development and approval of railway engineering projects in order to streamline processes and ensure the quality of the project. To improve efficiency and achieve development effectiveness of geometric design of railway superstructure. The research, described in this paper, proposes the development and implementation of code-checking of usage patterns associated with building information modeling (BIM) technology for infrastructures. This automatic standard analysis works using computer graphics tools with a unique three-dimensional model of the project associated with intrinsic spatial information. So, the model is useful for both the professional responsible for the project and for the government body responsible to do analysis and to approve the project. This paper presents the development of a computer system that defines a set of rules to follow, according to the design features. In addition, the system assists the designer in developing the design, display and analysis in a three-dimensional BIM model. The system allows static and dynamic mathematical formulations on each projected curve. Thus, the professional develops at the project meeting all the technical standards required by the government agency and then receives confirmation of acceptance. This is before submitting the project to be approved by the government agency. The model was used in a feasibility study on a real line of approximately 200 km. The results of this first phase of implementation show the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed pattern of application code-checking in a BIM environment for the infrastructure.

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