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Compaction energy as an indicator for ballast quality

Last updated on 09 March 2020 3:27

The tamping process is the core maintenance activity in ballasted track. It is crucial to the economical service life of the track and essential in restoring track geometry for safe train operations. Over the history of railways, the process advanced from manual to mechanical work and the working parameters were...

Author(s): Barbir Olja;Antony Bernhard;Kopf Fritz;Pistrol Johannes;Adam Dietmar;Auer Florian

Organisation(s): TU Wien, Institut fü ; r Geotechnik ; Plasser & ; Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H. ; FCP - Fritsch, Chiari & ; Partner ZT GmbH ;

2019

Austria

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