Prestressed concrete sleeper design loading tests on model beams to investigate the actual eccentricity of prestress and compare it with the theoretical (TN-TAS-010)

1. British Railways' designs of concrete sleepers are founded on theories in which a number of simplified hypotheses (based on B.S. 986 : 1945) and assumptions are made, Although the theories are not exact, experience gained from the results of tests and service performance has proved that a combination of...