Load impact on railway track due to unsupported sleepers

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-77

  Lundqvist, A ^a   Dahlberg, T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Railway model; Track settlement; Train track interaction; Unsupported sleeper

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD BRIDGES;

RAILWAY MODEL; TRACK SETTLEMENT; TRAIN/TRACK INTERACTION; UNSUPPORTED SLEEPERS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 23444437241     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440905X8790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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