Effects of principal stress rotation on permanent: Deformation in rail track foundations

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-565

  Grabe P J ^a   Clayton, C R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic loads; Laboratory tests; Railroad tracks; Shear tests; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; FOUNDATIONS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LOADING; RAIL LAYING; RAILROADS; ROTATION; SOILS; TESTING;

CYCLIC LOADINGS; CYCLIC SIMPLE SHEARS; CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTING; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUNDATION MATERIALS; HEAVY HAUL RAILWAYS; HOLLOW CYLINDERS; LABORATORY TESTS; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; PERMANENT DISPLACEMENTS; PRINCIPAL STRESS ROTATIONS; RAIL TRACKS; REPEATED LOADINGS; REPRESENTATIVE STRESS; SHEAR TESTS; TESTING METHODS; TRACK GEOMETRIES; WHOLE LIFE COSTS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

CYCLIC LOADING; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; LOADING TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR TEST; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRESS CHANGE;

EID: 62749142612     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2009)135:4(555)     Document Type: Article

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