STRESSES AND TRAINS

Most railway structural analysis jobs can be tackled effectively using British Rail's own computer programs. A team of engineering analysts works between the designer and the computer, guiding the designer towards structural idealization in terms of accuracy and cost. In 1967 three-dimensional analyses were applied to concrete bridges using a finite element program with panel, plate and beam elements. A box-girder program using a finite strip method was also introduced. Late in 1969 a general-purpose finite element program, NEWPAC, came into use with a wider range of elements, simpler input and checking, increased capacity and full detailed output processing.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian (Professional Press) Limited

  Morgan-Grampian House, Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • SCHOLES, A
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 28-31
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Issue Number: 814
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Box girders; Bridge design; Bridges; Buckling; Computer programs; Concrete bridges; Finite element method; Girder bridges; Heat; Information processing; Loads; Prestressed concrete; Railroad bridges; Structural analysis; Structural design; Vibration
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer analysis
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057869
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 1974 12:00AM