Publication detail

Influence of the Age and Level of Concrete fatigue on Prestressed Railway Sleepers Response: Parametric Study and Experiment.

ŠIMONOVÁ, H. VESELÝ, V. KERŠNER, Z. CULÍK, L. MOSLER, T. BÍLEK, V.

Original Title

Influence of the Age and Level of Concrete fatigue on Prestressed Railway Sleepers Response: Parametric Study and Experiment.

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper presents a study on the influence of material parameters of concrete on the mechanical response of prestressed monoblock railway sleepers used on Czech railway tracks. The influence of selected mechanical/fracture parameters of concrete on the structural behaviour of the studied precast structural members is investigated by means of numerical modelling of standardized static loading tests, which are used as a tool for quality control during the manufacture of sleepers according to the European Standards for railway applications. The tests are numerically simulated using ATENA nonlinear finite element method software. The results of the simulations are compared with experimental data obtained via static loading tests performed on sleepers both before their use according to their designated purpose and after 17 years in operational service.

Keywords

prestressed railway sleeper, FEM modelling, bending test, concrete cracking, fatigue

Authors

ŠIMONOVÁ, H.; VESELÝ, V.; KERŠNER, Z.; CULÍK, L.; MOSLER, T.; BÍLEK, V.

RIV year

2014

Released

24. 6. 2014

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

978-3-03835-147-4

Book

Structural and Physical Aspects of Civil Engineering

Edition

1

Edition number

1

ISBN

1022-6680

Periodical

Advanced Materials Research

Year of study

2014 (969)

Number

1

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

218

Pages to

221

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT108413,
  author="Hana {Šimonová} and Václav {Veselý} and Zbyněk {Keršner} and Libor {Culík} and Tomáš {Mosler} and Vlastimil {Bílek}",
  title="Influence of the Age and Level of Concrete fatigue on Prestressed Railway Sleepers Response: Parametric Study and Experiment.",
  booktitle="Structural and Physical Aspects of Civil Engineering",
  year="2014",
  series="1",
  journal="Advanced Materials Research",
  volume="2014 (969)",
  number="1",
  pages="218--221",
  publisher="Trans Tech Publications",
  address="Switzerland",
  doi="10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.969.218",
  isbn="978-3-03835-147-4",
  issn="1022-6680"
}