Discrete element modelling of railway ballast

Granular Matter

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-29

  Lim, W L ^a   McDowell, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete element modelling; Grain crushing; Railway ballast; Statistics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; FRACTURE; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; GRAIN CRUSHING; RAILWAYS BALLAST; SINGLE PARTICLE CRUSHING;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK);

EID: 17044369676     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-004-0189-3     Document Type: Article

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