UNCONVENTIONAL TRACKS. EFFECT OF CRACKS IN PAVED CONCRETE TRACK. THEORETICAL APPROACH

Calculation method is presented to represent the effects of cracking in a concrete slab. Cracks should be regarded as probable in any estimate of necessary reinforcing steel. Design of the Duffield (BR) slab provides numerical example.

• 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: 1975-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Concrete; Concrete slab track; Cracking; Durability; Dynamic loads; Mathematical models; Railroad tracks; Reinforced concrete; Stresses; Tests; Track laying; Unconventional track
• Old TRIS Terms: Axle loadings; Question d87; Track stress; Track structure tests
• Subject Areas: Construction; Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052882
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: D87/RP 11/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 1976 12:00AM