Dynamic stress analysis of a ballasted railway track bed during train passage

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 680-689

  Yang, L A ^a,b   Powrie, W ^b   Priest, J A ^b  

^a Ethiopian Roads Authority   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Numerical models; Railroad track; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LOCOMOTIVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIL LAYING; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; SHEAR STRESS; SPEED; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

A TRAINS; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; DYNAMIC STRESS ANALYSIS; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREIGHT TRAINS; GEOMETRIC VARIATIONS; HEAVY HAULS; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; LONG WAVELENGTHS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAILWAY TRACKS; RAYLEIGH WAVE SPEED; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; STRESS HISTORY; STRESS PATHS; STRESS STATE; TRACK MAINTENANCES; TRAIN PASSAGES; TRAIN SPEED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; UNSUPPORTED SLEEPERS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; RAILWAY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RESILIENCE; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS MEASUREMENT; SUBGRADE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIBRATION;

EID: 65449162962     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000032     Document Type: Article

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