On the reinforcement of concrete sleepers by composite materials

Composite Structures

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-337

  Shokrieh, Mahmood M ^a   Rahmat, Meysam ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composites; Concrete sleeper; Experiment; Finite element; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; ROADWAY SUPPORTS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CONCRETE SLEEPER; LOAD CAPACITY; RAILROAD SYSTEM;

CONCRETES;

COMPOSITE; CONCRETE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 33748190703     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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