Discrete element method analysis of railtrack ballast degradation during cyclic loading

Granular Matter

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 195-204

  Lobo Guerrero, Sebastian ^a   Vallejo, Luis E ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic loading; Discrete element method (DEM); Particle crushing; Railtrack ballast

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; CYCLIC LOADS; DEGRADATION; DENSIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGGREGATE DEGRADATION; LATERAL SPREAD; PARTICLE CRUSHING; RAILTRACK BALLAST DEGRADATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 33746227732     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-006-0006-2     Document Type: Article

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