Fouled railway ballast modeling using rigid body simulation

International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), pp. 160–163

Abstract

Rail transportation is one of the most efficient ways to transport passengers and products on land. In line with the economic expansion, expand of the railway network is also increasing accordingly. In addition to designing and building, railway maintenance is an equally important task to ensure safety conditions and efficient operation. One of the challenges of railway maintenance is to get a good insight into the track substructure status (ballast, sub-ballast and subgrade).

Authors 3

1. Thoetphan Kingsuwannaphong Aachen Institute of High Frequency Technology

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2. Christian Bräu

   Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques

   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR), Wachtberg, Germany

3. Dirk Heberling Aachen Institute of High Frequency Technology

   RWTH Aachen University · Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques

   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR), Wachtberg, Germany

   Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany