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Discrete Element Modeling of Railroad Ballast Behavior

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/20
Office
RDI-21
Subject:
Laboratory, Testing
Keywords:
Ballast behavior, discrete element modeling, DEM, Discrete Element Method, triaxial test, fouling, dynamic train loading, ballast degradation and image analysis
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/20
Office
RDI-21
Document
Discrete Element Modeling of Railroad Ballast Behavior_v4_2-b.pdf (7.64 MB)

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Last updated: Friday, July 13, 2018