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Moisture-driven deterioration and abrasion of concrete sleeper rail seats

Last updated on 22 February 2013 2:22

Based on the results of a 2008 railway industry survey on concrete sleepers, rail seat deterioration (RSD) is the most critical problem with concrete sleeper performance on major North American freight railroads. RSD is the degradation of the concrete underneath the rail and results in problems such as wide gauge,...

Author(s): Zeman John C.;Kernes Ryan G.;Edwards J. Riley;Lange David A.;Barkan Christopher P. L.

Organisation(s): Farnsworth Group, Inc. ; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ;

2011

United States

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