Behaviour of two layer railway track ballast under cyclic and monotonic loading

New railway track is laid to a specified level and alignment. However, with time and trafficking movements occur in the ballast bed and the underlying subgrade, and frequent maintenance is necessary to re-establish the correct geometry. This is currently done by the process of tamping, where extra m...

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Main Author: Key, Andrew J.
Published: University of Sheffield 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.481295