Field Tests on Eco-Friendly Railway Precast Concrete Slab
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. B2S Panel
3. Field Test Set-Up
Installation of the B2S Panels
4. Field Test Results
4.1. Dynamic Wheel Loads
4.2. Rail Displacements and Track Stiffness
4.3. Rail Bottom Stress
4.4. Accelerations and Noise
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Speed (km/h) | Speed (km/h) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Run #1 | 39 | Run #7 | 41 |
Run #2 | 35 | Run #8 | 39 |
Run #3 | 36 | Run #9 | 31 |
Run #4 | 36 | Run #10 | 47 |
Run #5 | 38 | Run #11 | 37 |
Run #6 | 42 | Average Speed | 38.3 |
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Koh, T.; Shin, M. Field Tests on Eco-Friendly Railway Precast Concrete Slab. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4140. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124140
Koh T, Shin M. Field Tests on Eco-Friendly Railway Precast Concrete Slab. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(12):4140. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124140
Chicago/Turabian StyleKoh, Taehoon, and Moochul Shin. 2020. "Field Tests on Eco-Friendly Railway Precast Concrete Slab" Applied Sciences 10, no. 12: 4140. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124140
APA StyleKoh, T., & Shin, M. (2020). Field Tests on Eco-Friendly Railway Precast Concrete Slab. Applied Sciences, 10(12), 4140. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124140