International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development

The stacker reclaimer system is an important component of the coal handling plant, which is use for moving coal to the coal bunker from the stockpiles. The stacker/declaimer machine create coal stockpiles on either side of the rail track and also to retrieve coal from stockpiles so that a conveyor belt system can transport it to the coal bunker. The RCC foundation supporting the rail track of stacker reclaimer in the coal handling plant undergoes deteriorating effect such as carbonation of concrete, corrosion of reinforcement, cracking, de-lamination resulting in to structural performance of rail track. The apparent properties of hardened concrete such as carbonation of hardened concrete, concrete quality, probability of active corrosion of the reinforcement, thickness of the concrete cover were inspected. The causes of the structural damage and deterioration of concrete were studied using Non Destructive Testing. This case study is an attempt made to understand the degradation of the RCC rail track foundations for identification of structural defects in the rail track of the stacker-reclaimer. The generated data will be helpful to understand the distress mechanism to counteract the premature damage.

Uday S. Joshi,"Degradation of Rail Track RCC Foundation of Stacker Reclaimer in Coal handling plant- A Case Study" International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, V9(2): Page(1080-1089) Mar-Apr 2026. ISSN: 2581-7175. www.ijsred.com. Published by Scientific and Academic Research Publishing.