Structural optimization of B70 railway prestressed concrete sleepers

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-473

  Sadeghi, Javad M ^a   Babaee, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Concrete sleeper; Optimization; Prestressed; Railway

Indexed keywords

COSTS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; RAILROADS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCRETE; OPTIMIZATION; RAILWAY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845649472     PISSN: 03601307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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