Experimental evaluation of accuracy of current practices in analysis and design of railway track sleepers

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 881-893

  Sadeghi, J ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ballast contact pressure; Dynamic factor; Rail seat loads; Sleepers

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; RAILROADS; RAILS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WHEELS;

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; BALLAST CONTACT PRESSURE; CONCRETE SLEEPERS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; DYNAMIC FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; LOAD CELLS; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; LOAD FACTORS; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; RAIL SEAT LOADS; RAILWAY TRACKS; SLEEPERS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; VERTICAL LOADS; WHEEL LOADS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LOADING; MODELING; MONITORING; RAILWAY;

EID: 51949097736     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L08-026     Document Type: Article

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