Determination of a strength parameter for In Situ evaluation of timber railroad bridge piles subject to decay and fatigue damage accumulation /

The objective of this thesis is to devise a method to determine the residual strength of used creosote treated timber railroad bridge piles of various dimensions that have been subjected to varying degrees of environmental and mechanical deterioration. A total of 37 timber piles from three differen...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sculley, Peter Jonathan, 1979-
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