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The effect of enhanced curving forces on the behaviour of canted ballasted track

Last updated on 08 August 2014 3:08

The performance of railway ballast depends not only on the characteristics of the ballast itself but also the magnitude, frequency and number of axle loads imposed by the trains running on the track it supports. Recent trends towards more frequent and faster trains have highlighted some potential limitations of ballasted...

Author(s): Priest J;Powrie W;Le Pen L;Mak P;Burstow M

Organisation(s): Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, UK ; Network Rail, London, UK ;

2013

United Kingdom

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