This work describes a series of novel experimental tests to determine the potential of
geogrids to confine granular layers within ballasted railway lines operating at speeds close …

Introducing a novel ballast material based on reinforcing steel slag aggregates with strips of
scrap tire can be beneficial due to decreasing the crushing and increasing the damping of …

Ballast is a key component of most railway tracks and fulfils crucial tasks. The strong forces
induced by train operation, however, wear the stones, and in combination with external …

Railway operation is faced with windblown sand hazards in desert areas. In order to study
the influence of sand intrusion on dynamic mechanical behavior of railway ballast bed, a …

Predicting track degradation is extremely important due to its beneficial effects on increasing
track safety and scheduling preventive maintenance. Logistic regression and Gradient …

This study presents a correlation between two specific aspects of railway ballast
experiments for better understanding and assessment of materials degradation. Firstly …

From the perspective of the ballast railway track lateral stability, the sleeper-to-ballast
interface has a vital role in the interaction between the sleeper and shoulder, crib, and base …

To address current challenges of difficult standardisation of dynamic determination of
roadbed bearing capacity and excessive deviations in deflection control, this paper …

A number of physical methods are used to survey railway track ballast to assess its
degradation as a function of deposition. Simulation tests on track models are also …

This paper modeled rail track segments subject to multiple competitive failure modes and
shock deterioration processes caused by passing trains. To determine the optimal …