ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 5

Apparatus and Procedures for a Railroad Ballast Plate Index Test

Panuccio, CM
Research engineer, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Dorwart, B
Research assistant and professorProfessormember of ASTM, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.

Selig, ET
Research assistant and professorProfessormember of ASTM, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.

Abstract

A small field plate bearing test was developed in response to a need for a method for measuring the physical state of railroad ballast. The recommended apparatus and procedures for this test are described in this paper. They evolved from a laboratory investigation of the variables influencing the test and field experience at a variety of track sites.

Keywords:
ballast, railroads, plate load tests, bearing tests

Paper ID: GTJ10396J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10396J
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