Review of report of Bridge Stress Committee, appointed in 1923, by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; stresses in individual members were measured by means of stress recorders; behavior of 52 structures, ranging in span from sixteen and one-half to 345 ft. was studied; existing formulas for measuring impact are unsuitable, none of them taking into account chief cause of impact in railway bridges which has been traced to unbalanced masses revolving in driving wheels of locomotives; formula by means of which magnitude of vibrations produced by passage of engine over bridge may be determined; tables for judging safety of bridges. (See also Engineering vol. 127, nos. 3290 and 3292, Feb. 1 and 15, 1929, pp. 143-146 and 187-191, 24 figs. and editorial comment in no. 3307, May 31, 1929, pp. 695-696; Ry. Gaz., vol. 50, no. 5, Feb. 1, 1929, p. 145; Times Trade and Eng. Supp., vol. 23, no. 553, Feb. 9, 1929, p. 547; Modern Transport, vol. 20, no. 517, Feb. 9, 1929, p. 4; Concrete and Constr. Eng., vol. 24, no. 3, Mar. 1929, pp. 177-180; Ry. Engr., vol. 50, no. 590, Mar. 1929, pp. 108-114, 7 figs.; Can. Engr., vol. 56, no. 20, May 14, 1929, pp. 519-520 and translated abstract and discussion in Ge nie Civil, vol. 94, nos. 24 and 25, June 15 and 22, 1929, pp. 571-574, and 597-601, 14 figs)
Impact on railway bridges
Engineer
Engineer ; 147 , n 3813
1929
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
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