Behaviour of train-track interaction in stiffness transitions

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-214

  Banimahd, Meysam ^a   Woodward, Peter K ^b   Kennedy, Justin ^a   Medero, Gabriela M ^b  

^a TECHNIP   (United States)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geotechnical engineering; Mathematical modelling; Rail track design

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DESIGN; FINITE-ELEMENT REPRESENTATION; PASSENGER COMFORT; RAIL TRACKS; RAILWAY TRACK; TRACK DETERIORATION; TRAIN SPEED; TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION; TRANSITION ZONES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY; RESEARCH WORK; STIFFNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84871073100     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: 17517710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.10.00030     Document Type: Article

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