A comparison of railway track foundation design methods

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

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Burrow, M P N ^a   Bowness, D ^b   Ghataora, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical design; Ballast; Design procedure; Granular material; Material performance; Resilient modulus; Sub ballast; Subgrade; Trackbed layers

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; RAIL LAYING; RAILROAD TRACKS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN PROCEDURE; MATERIAL PERFORMANCES; RESILIENT MODULUS; TRACKBED LAYERS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34250844515     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT58     Document Type: Article

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