Feasibility study of prototype GFRP-reinforced wood railroad crosstie

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-100

  Davalos, Julio F ^a   Zipfel, Michael G ^a   Qiao, Pizhong ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; SERVICE LIFE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

RAILROAD CROSSTIES;

WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0033121561     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(1999)3:2(92)     Document Type: Article

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