Transition of railroad bridge approaches

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1392-1398

  Li, Dingqing ^a   Davis, David ^a  

^a TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Differential settlement; Railroad; Railroad tracks; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); BRIDGE DECKS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; RAILROAD TIES; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

BALLASTED DECK CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETE TIE TRACK; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT;

RAILROAD BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND SETTLEMENT; RAILWAY;

EID: 27744513509     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:11(1392)     Document Type: Article

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