Failure analysis of concrete sleepers in heavy haul railway tracks

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 90-117

  Gonzalez Nicieza C ^a   Alvarez Fernandez M I ^a   Menendez Diaz A ^a   Alvarez Vigil A E ^a   Ariznavarreta Fernandez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ballast material; Concrete sleeper; Heavy axle loads; Railway track substructure; Sleeper ballast interaction

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); CONCRETES; FOUNDATIONS; RAILROAD TRACKS; ROADWAY SUPPORTS;

CONCRETE SLEEPER; SLEEPER/BALLAST INTERACTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

AXIAL LOADS; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); CONCRETES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOUNDATIONS; RAILROAD TRACKS; ROADWAY SUPPORTS;

EID: 34548463463     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.11.021     Document Type: Article

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