EXPERIMENTAL TRACK WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELL-TYPE SLEEPERS

EXPERIMENTELLEN OBENBAU MIT SCHALENSCHWELLEN AUS STAHLBETON

The author describes a reinforced concrete sleeper in the form of a cylindrical shell, its constructional design and its testing in the laboratory and on a test track. Compared with the beam-shaped sleeper, the shell type offers considerably more track stability.

• Corporate Authors:

  VEB Autobahnbaukombinat

  Templinestrasse 19
  Potsdam,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Mazur, S
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 307-310
• Serial:
  • DET Eisenbahntechnik
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: VEB Autobahnbaukombinat

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Prestressed concrete ties; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Stability (Mechanics); Structural design; Test tracks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track stability
• Old TRIS Terms: Cross tie design; Track structures
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142522
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 1 1976 12:00AM