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Miscellanea Vol. 8, No. 30 (2014)

Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement

Author and affiliation details
  • Antonio De Iorio Corresponding author iacoviello@unicas.it
  • Marzio Grasso
  • Francesco Penta
  • Giovanni Pio Pucillo
  • Vincenzo Rosiello
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69
Pages
pages 578-592
Published
Published inVol. 8, No. 30 (2014)Go to the issue

Abstract

In the present paper, testing methods currently adopted to measure the in service ballast resistance
are synthetically reviewed to identify the main sources of uncertainty influencing the test loads and to define an
experimental methodology allowing the optimal control of the testing parameters without the introduction of
spurious or parasitic actions on the track sample. An alternative testing system, which allows applying on a fullscale
sample of a railway track testing loads very close the real ones, is presented. Of the new system, both the
ways of use for measuring the transversal and axial ballast strength, the general procedure to carry out the
experimentation and its application to a real scenario are described, highlighting its main advantages in terms
both of modalities for applying the loads and of testing parameter control.

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APA

De Iorio, A., Grasso, M., Penta, F., Pucillo, G. P., & Rosiello, V. (2014). Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 8(30), pages 578–592. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69

IEEE

A. De Iorio, M. Grasso, F. Penta, G. P. Pucillo, and V. Rosiello, “Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 8, no. 30, pp. pages 578–592, 2014, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69.

MLA

De Iorio, Antonio, et al. “Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 8, no. 30, 2014, pp. pages 578–592. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69.

Chicago

De Iorio, Antonio, Marzio Grasso, Francesco Penta, Giovanni Pio Pucillo, and Vincenzo Rosiello. 2014. “Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 8 (30): pages 578–592. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69.

Harvard

De Iorio, A., Grasso, M., Penta, F., Pucillo, G.P. and Rosiello, V. (2014) ‘Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 8(30), pp. pages 578–592. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69.

Vancouver

De Iorio A, Grasso M, Penta F, Pucillo GP, Rosiello V. Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2014;8(30):pages 578-592. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69

BibTeX

@article{deiorio2014, author = {De Iorio, Antonio and Grasso, Marzio and Penta, Francesco and Pucillo, Giovanni Pio and Rosiello, Vincenzo}, title = {Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2014}, volume = {8}, number = {30}, pages = {pages 578--592}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - De Iorio, Antonio AU - Grasso, Marzio AU - Penta, Francesco AU - Pucillo, Giovanni Pio AU - Rosiello, Vincenzo TI - Transverse strength of railway tracks: part 2. Test system for ballast resistance in line measurement JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2014 DA - 2014/09/10 VL - 8 IS - 30 SP - pages 578 EP - 592 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.69 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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