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Prestressed concrete sleepers laboratory tests to determine the suitability of cast-in plugs and other methods of holding fastenings on concrete sleepers (E-461)

Last updated on 13 December 2013 2:10

Comparative tests have been made to determine the suitability of various kinds of plugs and methods of holding fastenings in concrete sleepers. Tests on rubber plugs have shown that rubber of 75° B.S. hardness is an unsuitable material, being too yielding under load: similar difficulties have been experienced with...

Author(s): Goodwin W.H.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1963

United Kingdom

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