CONSOLIDATION OF THE PERMANENT WAY

Consolidation as an associated-essential of tamping is now widely accepted and extensive tests by Plasser & Theurer investigate the effectiveness of rotating an off-centre mass to impart vibration in the statically-loaded consolidating feet compared with the practice of applying constant-amplitude oscillations directly to them under similar loading conditions.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 133-136
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Compaction; Maintenance of way; Railroad tracks; Soil compaction; Stabilized materials; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast stabilization
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054629
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1976 12:00AM