Static tests on a half-scale model of the battledeck floor used in the Grosvenor Bridge reconstruction under the standard design axle load (E.536)

Static tests have been carried out on a half-scale model of a battledeck floor to determine the effect of a standard design axle (36 tons) passing across the floor. The tests showed that the maximum stress induced by the axle was 5.3 tons/in2 and that the maximum stress adjacent...