Abstract
Durability and long term behaviours of railway prestressed concrete sleepers depend largely on their creep and shrinkage responses. Many investigators in the past have proposed various material models to predict creep and shrinkage but those were mostly based on general reinforced concrete concept. The popular uses of prestressed concrete in long span bridges, stadiums, silos and confined nuclear power plants have led to a concern of practitioners whether those existing predictive models could be realistically applied to prestressed concrete. Due to high initial elastic shortening in prestressed concrete, the creep and shrinkage effects should be critically re-evaluated in flexural members. This study investigates and compares a variety of methods to evaluate creep and shrinkage effects in railway prestressed concrete sleepers. Comparison between design codes of European Standard EUROCODE2, American Standard ACI and Australian Standard AS3600-2009 provides the insight into the time-dependent performance of concrete sleepers. The outcome of this study will help rail track engineers to better design and maintain railway infrastructure, improving asset management efficacy.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The First International Conference on Rail Transportation |
Place of Publication | Chengdu, China |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
Pages | 1-10 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Publication status | Published - 12 Jul 2017 |
Event | The First International Conference on Rail Transportation: The First International Conference on Rail Transportation - Chengdu, China, Chengdu, China Duration: 10 Jul 2017 → 12 Jul 2017 http://www.icrt-swjtu.org/ |
Conference
Conference | The First International Conference on Rail Transportation |
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Abbreviated title | ICRT |
Country/Territory | China |
City | Chengdu |
Period | 10/07/17 → 12/07/17 |
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Bibliographical note
ASCE Conference ProceedingsKeywords
- creep
- shrinkage
- elastic shortening
- prestress losses
- prestressed concrete
- railway sleepers
- crossties