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Impact of Water on Cracked Concrete Crosstie Service Life

To investigate the impact of moisture on crack growth and other tie damage, UIUC researchers subjected pretensioned concrete crossties and small-scale beams to repeated loading conditions with water added to the system. Laboratory results revealed that cracked pretensioned concrete crossties...

Quasi-Static Research Testing of Workstation Tables

Sharma & Associates, Inc. (SA) performed quasi-static destructive loading tests on two different designs of passenger workstation tables in accordance with the requirements of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) safety standard APTA PR-CS-S-018-013, Revision 1. SA conducted...