Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi
The design of railway sleepers must account for irregularities of the train or the rails that generate dynamic loads. The sleepers could develop cracks during a train passage although not influential enough to disturb immediately the global track system. However, these cracks can pose a threat to t...
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| description | The design of railway sleepers must account for irregularities of the train or the rails that generate dynamic loads. The sleepers could develop cracks during
a train passage although not influential enough to disturb immediately the global track system. However, these cracks can pose a threat to the overall stiffness properties as they can propagate further under repeated loads induced
by the train. Consequently they can cause fatigue, which is a structural failure at service condition. This will later constitute a major maintenance item if the problem is not properly addressed. It is intended that the application of highstrength concrete (HSC) with the inclusion of fibres in railway sleepers could reduce, delay or in certain conditions arrest the rate of crack growth. The design of sleeper was proven to comply in partial of the referenced Standards requirements. The fabrication works undertaken also proved that all procedures were followed satisfactorily and that the laboratory of the Faculty of Civil Engineering was able to handle the production. Structural tests carried out where loads were applied at rail seat showed that behaviour of HSFC sleepers had high flexural strength capacities due to the presence of fibres. |
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| spelling | oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:128172016-05-26T07:06:16Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12817/ Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi srj Abu Bakar, Afidah Din, Khafilah Marwi, Mat Som Flexure Malaysia The design of railway sleepers must account for irregularities of the train or the rails that generate dynamic loads. The sleepers could develop cracks during a train passage although not influential enough to disturb immediately the global track system. However, these cracks can pose a threat to the overall stiffness properties as they can propagate further under repeated loads induced by the train. Consequently they can cause fatigue, which is a structural failure at service condition. This will later constitute a major maintenance item if the problem is not properly addressed. It is intended that the application of highstrength concrete (HSC) with the inclusion of fibres in railway sleepers could reduce, delay or in certain conditions arrest the rate of crack growth. The design of sleeper was proven to comply in partial of the referenced Standards requirements. The fabrication works undertaken also proved that all procedures were followed satisfactorily and that the laboratory of the Faculty of Civil Engineering was able to handle the production. Structural tests carried out where loads were applied at rail seat showed that behaviour of HSFC sleepers had high flexural strength capacities due to the presence of fibres. Institute of Research, Development and Commercialisation (IRDC) 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12817/1/AJ_AFIDAH%20ABU%20BAKAR%20SRJ%2007%201.pdf Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi. (2007) Scientific Research Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Scientific_Research_Journal/>, 4 (1). pp. 13-26. ISSN 1675-7009 https://srj.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Flexure Malaysia Abu Bakar, Afidah Din, Khafilah Marwi, Mat Som Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi |
| title | Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi |
| title_full | Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi |
| title_fullStr | Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi |
| title_short | Design and performance of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres / Afidah Abu Bakar, Khafilah Din and Mat Som Marwi |
| title_sort | design and performance of pre stressed concrete railway sleepers containing fibres afidah abu bakar khafilah din and mat som marwi |
| topic | Flexure Malaysia |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12817/1/AJ_AFIDAH%20ABU%20BAKAR%20SRJ%2007%201.pdf |
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