Novel Bending Test Method for Polymer Railway Sleeper Materials

Novel Bending Test Method for Polymer Railway Sleeper Materials

Alternative sleeper technologies have been developed to address the significant need for the replacement of deteriorating timber railway sleepers. The review of the literature indicates that the railway sleepers might fail while in service, despite passing the evaluation tests of the current composi...

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Main Authors: Choman Salih, Allan Manalo, Wahid Ferdous, Rajab Abousnina, Peng Yu, Tom Heyer, Peter Schubel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Polymers
Subjects:
timber replacement sleeper
composite sleeper
five-point bending test
Beam on Elastic Foundation (BOEF)
in-track sleeper behaviour
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/9/1359

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