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Abstract An elasto‐plastic material model is proposed that can be used to simulate the cyclic deterioration of railway tracks. The model describes the envelope of the irreversible, plastic material response generated during a cyclic loading process, thereby distinguishing the mechanisms of frictional sliding and volumetric compaction. The reversible response is represented by a pressure‐dependent, hypo‐elastic material law. After the numerical integration of the model is specified, the model is calibrated on laboratory experiments and employed in a finite‐element case study of the long‐term settlement behaviour of a railway track. The main features of the model are illustrated by comparing the computed response with the response obtained by in situ track measurements. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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