A Theoretical Structural Impairment Detection System for Timber Railway Bridges

The objective of this research is to develop a theoretical Structural Impairment Detection System (SIDS) for timber railway bridges. Due to fatigue, the timber stringers in timber railway bridges develop shear cracks. These shear cracks lead to higher bridge deflections, higher stresses in the strin...

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Main Author: Orsak, John
Other Authors: Fry, Gary T.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10919