The application of Weibull statistics to the strength of railway ballast

Granular Matter

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-237

  Lim, Wee L ^a   McDowell, Glenn R ^a   Collop, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; Railway ballast; Statistics

Indexed keywords

RAILWAY BALLASTS; SURVIVAL PROBABILITY; WEIBULL STATISTICS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK);

EID: 10844230958     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-004-0180-z     Document Type: Article

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