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Evaluation of the Influence of Installing Continuous Welded Rail on Existing Steel Bridges

Last updated on 15 December 2014 2:41

The new installation of Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) on existing steel bridges is often restricted because of their limited steel bearing capacity of longitudinal axial forces exerted by CWR loads. On the other hand, the capacity is mainly based on design calculation which has not been verified actually. In this...

Author(s): Yusuke KOBAYASHI;Mamoru FUKUMOTO;Yuya NISHIKAWA;Hiroo KATAOKA

Organisation(s): Railway Technical Research Institute ;

2014

Japan

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