OPTIMUM ADAPTATION OF THE CONVENTIONAL TRACK TO FUTURE TRAFFIC. PERFORMANCE OF SOIL UNDER THE EFFECT OF REPETITIVE STRESSES AS A FUNCTION OF PARTICLE SIZE AND WATER CONTENT

The present report summarizes the results of tests in connection with the performance of various soils under the influence of different water content conditions and under the effect of repetitive stresses. This enables a better assessment to be made of the performance of track bed structures and of soil in the railway subgrade under the effect of fatigue loading and various climatic conditions.

• 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: 1980-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate; Dynamics; Fatigue (Mechanics); Ground settlement; Loads; Moisture content; Railroad tracks; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Soil water; Soils; Stresses; Studies; Subgrade (Pavements); Test tracks; Train track dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subgrade stability; Track behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Fatigue loading; Question d117; Track response investigations; Track stresses; Track tests
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053417
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: D 117/RP 14
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM