Objective track quality indices

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1863, 2004, Pages 81-87

  El Sibaie, Magdy ^a   Zhang, Yu Jiang ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b ENSCO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; ALIGNMENT; AUTOMATION; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTALS; GAGES; MAINTAINABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FEDERAL TRACK SAFETY STANDARDS (FTSS); TRACK GEOMETRY; TRACK QUALITY INDICES (TCI); TRACK SUBSTRUCTURES;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 9144225620     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1863-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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