The evolution of particle breakdown in railway ballast – the crushed rock under railway tracks to absorb the weight of trains – has been modelled. Sun YiFei from the University of Wollongong led a ...
Mathematical models are extremely limited at modeling ballast, the gravel layer located under railway tracks. Researchers have shown that a large part of the energy introduced by a train passing is ...
RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2023 ISSUE: Both are essential for a rugged, lasting railway. Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which ...
Railways allocate a significant amount of capital and maintenance costs to maintaining high-quality ballast layers, which are critical to a successful rail operation. With ballooning rail traffic ...