Two approaches of finite-element modeling of ballasted railway track

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-458

  Kuo, Chen Ming ^a   Huang, Cheng Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ballast; Finite element method; Parameters; Vibration

Indexed keywords

RAILROADS; RAILS;

APPROPRIATE MODELS; BALLAST; BALLAST VIBRATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; ELASTIC SOLIDS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; LOW NOISE; MODELING APPROACHES; MOVING SPEED; PARAMETERS; RAILWAY ENGINEERINGS; RAILWAY TRACKS; SPEED LEVELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SPECTRUM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BASE COURSE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAILWAY; ROCK MECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIBRATION;

EID: 60649106772     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2009)135:3(455)     Document Type: Article

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