Investigation of railway track subgrade. I: In-situ assessment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Brough, Matthew J ^a   Ghataora, Gurmel S ^b   Stirling, Alan B ^b   Madelin, Keith B ^b   Rogers, Chris D F ^b   Chapman, David N ^b  

^a Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Railway systems; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STIFFNESS;

TRACKBED STIFFNESS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

CONSTRUCTION; RAILWAY; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0141483531     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.2003.156.3.145     Document Type: Article

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