Track properties testing vehicle. Results of development tests on the calm siding of the research and development division 1973 (TM-TS-011)

The magnitude of the forces produced in the track at irregularities such as dipped joints or welds depends to a large extent upon the track ballast stiffness beneath the sleepers near to the irregularity. Although track damping (i.e. the mechanism of energy loss in the ballast and energy transfer to...