Continuous surface wave and impact methods of measuring the stiffness and density of railway ballast

NDT and E International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-81

  Zagyapan, M ^a   Fairfield, C A ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Experiment; Field inspection; Pulse echo; Shear wave

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; IMPACT TESTING; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; SURFACE WAVES;

IMPACT EXCITATION TESTING;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK);

EID: 0036497453     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(01)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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