Impact of Bituminous Subballast on Railroad Track Deformation Considering Atmospheric Actions

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-292

  Ferreira, T Moço ^a   Teixeira, P Fonseca P ^a   Cardoso, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ballasted tracks; Bituminous subballast; Railroad engineering; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; SOIL MOISTURE;

BALLASTED TRACKS; BITUMINOUS SUBBALLAST; COUPLED THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL (THM); SEASONAL CHANGES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; UNSATURATED SOIL; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

RAILROADS;

BITUMEN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; SAND AND GRAVEL; SUBGRADE;

EID: 79952338416     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000435     Document Type: Article

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