A rational method for design of railroad track foundation

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Shahu, J T ^a   Yudhbir, ^b   Kameswara Rao, N S V ^b  

^a VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Cohesive soil; Design; Finite element method; Laboratory tests; Layered system; Railroad; Repeated load; Shear strength (IGC: H6 E10)

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344264055     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.6_1     Document Type: Article

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