A numerical model for the cyclic deterioration of railway tracks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-470

  Suiker, Akke S J ^a   de Borst, René ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic densification; Fatigue; Granular compaction; Implicit integration; Plasticity; Track settlements

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; DETERIORATION; ELASTICITY; PLASTICS;

CYCLIC DETERIORATION;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0038115474     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.683     Document Type: Article

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