BRAKING AND ACCELERATION FORCES ON BRIDGES. THEORETICAL STUDIES OF BRAKING AND ACCELERATION FORCES ON BRIDGES

The report contains three theoretical studies, explaining the static and dynamic action of braking and acceleration forces on railway bridges. Differential equations are furnished for bending and longitudinal loading of bridge girders; a simple dynamic model and a quite thorough quasi-static model are solved. Theory is compared with experiment. The effects of the most important parameters on the horizontal forces in rails and bridge bearings provoked by braking and acceleration forces are investigated.

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  • Corporate Authors:

    International Union of Railways

    Office of Research and Experiments
    Utrecht,   Netherlands 
  • Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; Tables;
  • Pagination: 76 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00053103
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: International Union of Railways
  • Report/Paper Numbers: D101/RP 6/E
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Aug 11 1976 12:00AM