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contributor authorDouglas A. Foutch
contributor authorTae-Wan Kim
contributor authorDuane E. Otter
contributor authorBrian E. Doe
date accessioned2017-05-08T21:25:31Z
date available2017-05-08T21:25:31Z
date copyrightSeptember 2006
date issued2006
identifier other%28asce%291084-0702%282006%2911%3A5%28618%29.pdf
identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/50960
description abstractTransportation Technology Center, Inc., the University of Illinois, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Company conducted tests on a long concrete trestle to quantify the longitudinal forces generated by a coal train with AC locomotives. Results support the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA) formula for forces due to traction. Testing determined the distribution of shear forces in bents and the equilibrium of the structure in conjunction with an analytical model of the bridge structure. Design longitudinal forces and stresses in piles were also evaluated. The primary observation was that a large amount of longitudinal force is transmitted to the trestle, but it is distributed to a large number of bents through many spans. Forces in individual bents are quite small as compared to the total applied force.
publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
titleInvestigation of Longitudinal Forces in a Concrete Railroad Trestle
typeJournal Paper
journal volume11
journal issue5
journal titleJournal of Bridge Engineering
identifier doi10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2006)11:5(618)
treeJournal of Bridge Engineering:;2006:;Volume ( 011 ):;issue: 005
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