The Philosophy behind the North American Railway Fatigue Life Recommendations for steel bridge evaluation
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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur(s): |
Robert A. P. Sweeney
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Médium: | papier de conférence | ||||
Langue(s): | anglais | ||||
Conférence: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014 | ||||
Publié dans: | IABSE Symposium Madrid 2014 | ||||
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Page(s): | 2797-2804 | ||||
Nombre total de pages (du PDF): | 8 | ||||
Année: | 2014 | ||||
DOI: | 10.2749/222137814814070172 | ||||
Abstrait: |
As a result of some unexpected fatigue induced failures, it became necessary to develop a way to predict when such failures might occur and then to prioritize structures for repair, retrofit or replacement. In addition, the methodology should enable the estimation of needed future budgets to ensure long term uninterrupted railway service. |