Modelling ballast behaviour under dynamic loading. Part 1: A 2D polygonal discrete element method approach

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 195, Issue 19-22, 2006, Pages 2841-2859

  Saussine, Gilles ^a   Cholet, C ^a   Gautier, P E ^a   Dubois, F ^b   Bohatier, C ^b   Moreau, J J ^b  

^a SNCF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Ballasted track; Contact detection; Cyclic loading; Discrete element

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); CYCLIC LOADS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BALLASTED TRACK; CONTACT DETECTION; FRICTIONAL DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 33644582573     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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