The evaluation of Cooper ratings for in-service timber railroad bridge stringers independent of the timber specie /

The objective of this thesis is to determine a method for assigning a rating to in-service timber railroad bridges. The standard method of rating a railroad bridge is to assign a Cooper E rating which corresponds to the largest Cooper E train that can safely traverse the structure. Furthermore, a...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Bartell, Brent Cameron
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2003.
Subjects:	Major civil engineering.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy