Measurement on dynamic behaviour of track near rail joints and prediction of track settlement

Quarterly Report of RTRI (Railway Technical Research Institute) (Japan)

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 124-129

  Suzuki, Takahiro ^a   Ishida, Makoto ^a   Abe, Kazuhisa ^b   Koro, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ballast settlement; Countermeasures; Dynamic model; Rail joint; Track site measurement

Indexed keywords

BALLAST SETTLEMENT; COUNTERMEASURES; DYNAMIC MODEL; RAIL JOINT; TRACK SITE MEASUREMENT;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; VEHICLES;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 25144472685     PISSN: 00339008     EISSN: 18801765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2219/rtriqr.46.124     Document Type: Article

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