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On the damaging effects of the ballast tamping operation

Last updated on 04 February 2013 12:19

This study investigates the effects of actual size tamping operations on the geometrical characteristics of ballast of fresh production. The results cover 34 big-bags of ballast grains with a unit mass between 300 and 500 kg. These were subjected to different numbers of tamping cycles from 0 to 45.

Author(s): Perales R.;Saussine G.;Milesi N.;Descantes Y.

Organisation(s): SNCF ; RFF ; LCPC ;

2011

France

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