Design of ballasted railway track foundations under cyclic loading

The foundations of ballasted railway tracks are usually consisted of a graded layer of granular media of ballast placed above a naturally deposited subgrade. Available methods for design of track foundations are based on determination of an adequate granular layer thickness of ballast so that subgra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shahin, Mohamed
Other Authors: Louis Ge
Format: Conference Paper
Published: American Society of Civil Engineers 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23377