Safety Factor Increase to Fatigue Limit States through Shear Spiking for Timber Railroad Bridge Rehabilitation – Phase I
The Mountain-Plains Consortium at Colorado State University has released a report that considers the effectiveness of shear spiking—a process for rejuvenating horizontal shear properties by inserting fiberglass pultruded rods through areas of damage on timber railroad bridges – as a low-cost bridge rehabilitation approach.
This Summary Last Modified On: 12/14/2014