Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
14 Aug 2008, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Abstract
Recently (2007), during the rehabilitation of the Greek Railway Organization (OSE) line Korinth – Tripolis – Kalamata, longitudinal cracks have been observed in some of the prestressed monoblock sleepers of metric gauge used in this line. In this paper the methodology adopted by the committee that investigated the causes of this phenomenon is presented, e.g. on site investigation of the damaged sleepers, investigation of the probable causes of the cracks during the production of the sleepers (faulty concrete grade – faulty prestress level e.t.c.), together with theoretical considerations which, all together, led to the cracking of the sleepers.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Tsoukantas, Spyros; Tzanakakis, Konstantinos; Spyropoulou, Danai; Panopoulos, Petros; and Mintzia, Manto, "Investigation on the Causes of Longitudinal Cracks on Prestressed Monoblock Railway Sleepers of Metric Gauge of the Greek Railway Network" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session08c/7
Investigation on the Causes of Longitudinal Cracks on Prestressed Monoblock Railway Sleepers of Metric Gauge of the Greek Railway Network
Arlington, Virginia
Recently (2007), during the rehabilitation of the Greek Railway Organization (OSE) line Korinth – Tripolis – Kalamata, longitudinal cracks have been observed in some of the prestressed monoblock sleepers of metric gauge used in this line. In this paper the methodology adopted by the committee that investigated the causes of this phenomenon is presented, e.g. on site investigation of the damaged sleepers, investigation of the probable causes of the cracks during the production of the sleepers (faulty concrete grade – faulty prestress level e.t.c.), together with theoretical considerations which, all together, led to the cracking of the sleepers.
