Railway ballast performance is dictated by a complex mix of mechanical properties. These
effect its performance at the particle level for example in terms of particle degradation, but …

The relatively high maintenance costs of the ballast track are related to the short lifecycle of
the ballast layer. The current vertical ballast tamping technology (eg, Plasser & Theurer …

Unsupported sleepers or void zones in ballasted tracks are one of the most recent and
frequent track failures. The void failures have the property of intensive development that …

The tamping operation is an effective means to quickly restore the status of the lines. The
purpose is to explore the three-sleeper tamping operation mechanism maintenance. First, a …

Micro-indentation experiments were performed to study the correlation, both qualitatively
and quantitatively, between microstructural characteristics and mechanical properties of …

The discrete element method (DEM) is widely used for the simulation of ballast behavior
under static and dynamic loading conditions. Due to the irregular shape of ballast particles …

Cyclic load is widely adopted in laboratory to simulate the effect of train load on ballast bed.
The effectiveness of such load equivalence is usually testified by having similar results of …

Ballast rheology is a phenomenon that describes movements of ballast particles due to the
discrete nature, which eventually leads to the ballast bed fluid deformation after a long-time …

The railway ballast layer provides the function of bearing loading, resisting geometry
degradation, and drainage. In those related research, the behaviour of ballast assembly can …

Railway ballast layer is an indispensable component of railway transport. Ballast
morphology plays an important effect in ballast-sleeper interaction and the durability of …