A review of loading conditions for railway track structures due to train and track vertical interaction

Structural Control and Health Monitoring

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-234

  Remennikov, Alex M ^a,b   Kaewunruen, Sakdirat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Structural Engineering

Author keywords

Impact loading; Railway track; Wheel and rail irregularities; Wheel rail interaction

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; TRANSIENTS; WELDS;

IMPACT LOADING; WHEEL AND RAIL IRREGULARITIES; WHEEL-RAIL INTERACTION;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 41449107843     PISSN: 15452255     EISSN: 15452263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stc.227     Document Type: Review

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