Unsaturated railway track-bed materials
Railway track-bed materials are mostly in unsaturated state, and their hydro-mechanical properties depend strongly on their water contents or suctions. In France, problematic soils such as collapsible loess and swelling marl can be origin of instability problems for new lines for high speed trains,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2016-01-01
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Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160901001 |