Evaluation of railway trackbed and formation: A case study

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 3 SPEC., 2003, Pages 145-156

  Brough, M ^a   Stirling, A ^b   Ghataora, G ^b   Madelin, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballast; Falling weight deflectometer; Formation; Ground penetrating radar; Railway trackbed

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS;

FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0037399749     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(02)00053-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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