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A Method For Upgrading The Peformance At Track Transitions For High-Speed Service

Document Series:
Other Reports
Author:
  • Kerr, Arnold D. and Bathurst, Lucas A
Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-FRA-00-06
Office
RRD
Subject:
High-Speed Passenger Rail
Keywords:
high-speed trains, transition regions, matched pads, track, dynamic load fluctuations, vertical track stiffness, dynamic wheel force, track ballast, bridge abutments
Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-FRA-00-06
Office
RRD
Document
FRA0205.pdf (2.14 MB)

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