STRESSES IN THE RAILS, THE BALLAST AND IN THE FORMATION RESULTING FROM TRAFFIC LOADS. STRESSES IN THE FORMATION (RESULTS OF THE FIRST PHASE: DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES, STATIC TESTS)

The background and aims of the investigation are explained and the objects of this first phase are listed. A discussion of the results obtained is preceded by a brief description of the test site, the installed measuring equipment and the experimental procedure. A concluding survey relates the original objects to the actual achievements and gives proposals for the second and third phases of the experimental programme.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1966-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Inspection; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Soil stabilization; Stability (Mechanics); Stresses; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast; Subgrade stability; Track stability
• Old TRIS Terms: Question d71; Rail stress; Track component investigations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052869
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: D 71/RP 4/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM