Effect of a large asymmetrical wheel burden on flexural response and failure of railway concrete sleepers in track systems

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1065-1075

  Kaewunruen, Sakdirat ^a   Remennikov, Alex M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical wheel burden; Crack and failure analysis; Railway concrete sleeper; Sleeper ballast interaction; Wheel impact load

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK INITIATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD TRACKS;

ASYMMETRICAL WHEEL BURDEN; RAILWAY CONCRETE SLEEPER; SLEEPER/BALLAST INTERACTION;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK);

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK INITIATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 41849120880     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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