Method for railroad track foundation design. I: Development

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 316-322

  Li, Dingqing ^a,b   Selig, Ernest T ^a,c  

^a ASCE   (United States)

^b TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DYNAMIC LOADS; FOUNDATIONS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GRANULAR LAYERS; RAILROAD SUBGRADE FAILURES;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

DESIGN METHOD; LAYER THICKNESS; RAILWAY TRACK;

EID: 0032052054     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1998)124:4(316)     Document Type: Article

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