Compaction of railway ballast during tamping process: A parametric study

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2009, Pages 469-472

  Saussine, G ^a   Azema E ^b   Perales, R ^b   Radjai F ^b  

^a SNCF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Compaction; Polyhedral; Railway ballast; Tamping

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450209051     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3179964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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