Comparison of ballast index tests for railway trackbeds

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-161

  McDowell, Glenn R ^a   Lim, Wee L ^a   Collop, Andrew C ^a   Armitage, Robert ^b   Thom, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Romax Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Railway systems; Strength and testing of materials

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; LOADS (FORCES); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ATTRITION TESTS; BALLAST INDEX TESTS; OEDOMETER TESTS; RAILWAY TRACKBEDS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BALLAST; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; STRENGTH;

EID: 4544354372     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2004.157.3.151     Document Type: Article

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