Behavior of railroad ballast under monotonic and cyclic loading

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-327

  Anderson, William F ^a   Fair, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballast; Cyclic tests; Railroad tracks; Static tests; Triaxial tests; Volume change

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; GRAVEL; ROADWAY SUPPORTS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

MONOTONIC LOAD; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK);

CYCLIC LOADING; GRAVEL; MAINTENANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; RAILWAY; TRIAXIAL TEST; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 39549094667     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:3(316)     Document Type: Article

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