ANALYSIS OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR USING 12.5 CM THICK WOODEN SLEEPERS

ANALIZA MOZLIWOSCI ZASTOSOWANIA PODKLADOW DREWNIANYCH O GRUBOSCI 12.5 CM

The authors make an economic analysis of the possiblities for using wooden sleepers on the PKP. What is involved concerns factors affecting the strength and technical characteristics of the wood used for sleepers and the effect of humidity and sleeper impregnation. The authors also deal with the effects of reducing the thickness of sleepers on their strength and especially that of the rail fastenings.

• Corporate Authors:

  Wydawnichtwa Komunikacji i Laczosci

  U1 Kazimierzowska 52
  Warsaw,   Poland 
• Authors:
  • Zielinska, K
  • Dysko, A
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Language

• Polish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3-7
• Serial:
  • Przeglad Kolejowy Drogowy
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 7/8
  • Publisher: Wydawnichtwa Komunikacji i Laczosci

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rail fasteners; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Wood preservatives; Wood ties
• Identifier Terms: Polskie Koleje Panstwowe
• Old TRIS Terms: Track structures; Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152455
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM