Settlement characteristics of unprotected embankment along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Qin, Yinghong ^a   Zhang, Jianming ^a   Li, Guoyu ^a   Qu, Guangzhou ^a  

^a Yulong Snow Mountain Glaciers and Environmental Observation Station   (China)

Author keywords

Differential settlement; Roughness; Slope orientation effect; Warm and ice rich permafrost (WIRP)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS; OBSERVED DATA; QINGHAI TIBET RAILWAY; ROUGHNESS; RUNNING TRAIN; SETTLEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; SLOPE ORIENTATION EFFECT; WARM AND ICE-RICH PERMAFROST (WIRP);

FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LOCOMOTIVES; PERMAFROST; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROADS; RISK PERCEPTION; SHOULDERS (ROAD);

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; PERMAFROST; RAILWAY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70449106056     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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