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Application of in situ polyurethane geocomposite beams to improve the passive shoulder resistance of railway track

Last updated on 15 August 2014 4:25

Recent research has highlighted the effect of the individual contributions of the crib, shoulder, and base resistance to the lateral behaviour of a typical railway sleeper under loading. The contribution of the shoulder ballast has been seen to provide around 30 per cent of the lateral resistance for an unloaded...

Author(s): Woodward P K;Kennedy J;Medero G M;Banimahd M

Organisation(s): School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK ; Technip, Geotechnical Engineering Department, Aberdeen UK ;

2012

United Kingdom

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