Deflectometer-based analysis of ballasted railway tracks

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-177

  Burrow, Michael P N ^a   Chan, Andrew H C ^a   Shein, Aung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Railtrack design; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER (FWD); MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RAILTRACK DESIGN; SITE INVESTIGATION; TRAFFIC LOADS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFLECTION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY; SITE INVESTIGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547201046     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2007.160.3.169     Document Type: Article

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