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Title
Railway transition curves – optimization and assessmentJournal title
Archives of Civil EngineeringYearbook
2022Volume
vol. 68Issue
No 1Authors
Affiliation
Zboinski, Krzysztof : Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Transport, ul. Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland ; Woznica, Piotr : Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Transport, ul. Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandKeywords
railway transition curves ; optimization ; railway dynamics ; computer simulationDivisions of PAS
Nauki TechniczneCoverage
207-221Publisher
WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCESBibliography
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