Rail car loading
Rail car loading
(OP)
I have a slab on grade with a freight railroad running over it. The rails are going to be attached to the slab. I have no idea what types of load the rails will impart to the slab. I'd like to make sure my slab doesn't crack to pieces. The slab is for a loading platform, so I don't really need to worry about high speed trains running over it.
Has anyone ever run into a situation like this? Are there any good online references (I don't feel like buying another book). Ideally what I'd like is a strip load that I can pop into a mat slab program or into some slab on grade charts. I'm in an IBC 2003 location. Thanks.
Has anyone ever run into a situation like this? Are there any good online references (I don't feel like buying another book). Ideally what I'd like is a strip load that I can pop into a mat slab program or into some slab on grade charts. I'm in an IBC 2003 location. Thanks.






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Here’s a few links:
Link 1
Link 2 (check out page 20 for a diagram)
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That is much more significant that a crane. The E-80 loading would be applicable...perhaps no impact factor though if the speed is slow.
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i think also he needs a design approach also for the slab on grade,
when i designed slab on grades i used to make shell elements in the sap2000 rested on springs in every joint with a stiffness equals to coeff of subgrade reaction of the soil multiplied by the area it's supporting
but in that case i would need in addition to check bearing stress of the strip load of one rail on the RC slab
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