Recent Developments in Railway Track and Transportation Engineering Proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2017 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pombo, João (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jing, Guoqing (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Sustainable Civil Infrastructures,
• Subjects: Geotechnical engineering.; Engineering geology.; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Buildings-Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Engineering design.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Building Construction and Design.; Engineering Design.

This volume brings together scientific experts in different areas that contribute to the Railway Track & Transportation Engineering challenges, evaluate the State-of-the-Art, identify the shortcomings and opportunities for research and promote the interaction with the industry. In particular, sc...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Evaluation of Railroad Ballast Field Degradation Using an Image Analysis Approach
• 2 Influence of asymmetrical topology on structural behaviours of bearers and sleepers in turnout switches and crossings
• 3 Prediction of Metro Train-Induced Vibrations on a Historic Building: the Case of the Round City and Chengguang Hall in Beijing
• 4 Experimental and Numerical Behavior of Railway Track over Geogrid Reinforced Ballast underlain by Soft Clay
• 5 Assessment of Turnout-Related Derailments by Various Causes.