Mechanical and hydrological impacts of tree removal on a clay fill railway embankment
Seasonal shrinkage and swelling of clay fill railway embankments can disturb the track geometry, resulting in train speed restrictions that disrupt normal operations. Such movements are exacerbated by vegetation, but reliable analytical descriptions of the effects of trees on embankment behaviour ar...
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| Language: | English |
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2015-11.
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