A new parameter for classification and evaluation of railway ballast fouling

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-326

  Indraratna, Buddhima ^a   Su, Li Jun ^a   Rujikiatkamjorn, Cholachat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballast; Fouling index; Percentage void contamination; Relative ballast fouling ratio; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551658726     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T10-066     Document Type: Note

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