Modeling and optimal design of composite-reinforced wood railroad crosstie

Composite Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-96

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

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENT WINDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; OPTIMIZATION; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; STRESSES;

COMPOSITE REINFORCED WOOD RAILROAD CROSSTIE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; DESIGN; SLEEPERS;

EID: 0345563263     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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