BRAKING AND ACCELERATION FORCES ON BRIDGES. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION METHODS

This report describes measurement and calculation methods for determining the transmission of braking and starting forces to the rails, bearings and footings of bridges. A code of procedure including tabulation is given for uniform presentation.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
  • Corporate Authors:

    International Union of Railways

    Office of Research and Experiments
    Utrecht,   Netherlands 
  • Publication Date: 1970-10

Media Info

  • Features: Figures;
  • Pagination: 24 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00052910
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: International Union of Railways
  • Report/Paper Numbers: D101/RP 3/E
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM