STRESSES AND DEFORMATIONS IN RAILWAY TRACK

An investigation conducted during the period May 1976 to April 1977 to study the behaviour of granular-type materials used in railroad track is reported. This work entailed three sections: investigations of the properties of ballast, which include oedometer repeated loading tests, vibration tests, and triaxial static and repeated loading tests on four sample ballast materials; testing of model plane strain footings of different widths under static and repeated loading conditions; and testing of a circular footing under static loading. The work on the properties of ballast represents an extension of that reported in CIGGT Report No. 75-10 and especially in CIGGT Report No. 76-11. An orthogonal experiment based on the hardness-toughness dimensions identified during the past year was designed, with one ballast representing each quadrant of the matrix.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport

  Queen's University
  Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Raymond, G P
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 105 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Mechanical properties; Railroad tracks; Soil mechanics; Subballast; Tests; Track ballast; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast mechanics; Track response investigations; Track structures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00183900
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport
• Report/Paper Numbers: CIGGT-77-15 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1978 12:00AM