G. McDowell, W. Lim, A. Collop, R. Armitage, N. Thom
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Abstract
It is important to have consistent ballast testing methods that provide results reflecting the performance of different ballast materials in the railway trackbed. Extensive laboratory tests have been conducted to investigate the correlation between simple ballast index tests and box tests simulating ballast field loading conditions in a simplified and controlled manner. Ballast is tamped using a vibratory poker, which causes particles to rearrange as the level of the sleeper is raised. The index tests used include single particle crushing tests, oedometer tests, and attrition tests in a revolving drum (WAV, MDA and LAA tests), in addition to water absorption and particle shape characteristics and petrographic analysis. The attrition tests performed in a revolving drum (WAV, LAA and MDA) have been found to give the best correlations with the performance of ballast in the box tests. It is considered that this may be due to the rearrangement of particles in the box test caused by the simulated tamping.
期刊介绍:
The objectives of the Association shall be the promotion of co-operation among geotechnical societies in SE Asia; and the assistance to member societies who have limited number of members. Now there is only one combined web titled: AGSSEA-SEAGS. SEAGS & AGSSEA encourage the submission of scholarly and practice-oriented articles to its journal. The journal is published quarterly. Both sponsors of the journal, the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society and the Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia, promote the ideals and goals of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechhnical Engineering in fostering communications, developing insights and enabling the advancement of the geotechnical engineering discipline.