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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 19.2

Ballast settlement at transition zones: modelling via a non-linear lattice

J.M. de Oliveira Barbosa, A.B. Faragau, K.N. van Dalen and M. Steenbergen

TU Delft, CiTG, Delft, The Netherlands

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J.M. de Oliveira Barbosa, A.B. Faragau, K.N. van Dalen, M. Steenbergen, "Ballast settlement at transition zones: modelling via a non-linear lattice", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 1, Paper 19.2, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.1.19.2
Keywords: track degradation, railway transitions, ballast, lattice models.

Abstract
This short paper presents, in a summarized way, non-linear connections for a lattice model of a railway, with the intention of simulating ballast compaction at transition zones.

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