This report covers first the methods presented in the literature for the stress analysis of railroad track components and results of a variety of validation tests. It was found that a formula can yield deflections and bending stresses in the rails of longitudinal-tie and cross-tie tracks which agree for design purposes with track test results if coefficients are properly chosen. This is followed by a review and discussion of the methods for determining these coefficients. The report concludes with recommended analyses and test methods for the determination of stresses in the rail-tie structure
One portion of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Track Performance Improvement Program is the development of engineering and analytic techni...
Experimental results developed from tests of uniaxial, smooth specimens obtained from the head of an unused section of rail have been reported. Testin...
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