Cracks in turnout sleepers -- Conclusions from a questionnaire to the UIC Track Expert Group
Report, 2021
To investigate the occurrence of cracks in turnout sleepers, how these were assessed and handled, a questionnaire was sent out to 15 members of the UIC Track expert group in December 2020. By February 20, 2021, eleven responses have been received. The responses are summarised and commented below.
Author
Melker Pettersson
Swedish Transport Administration
Anders Ekberg
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Dynamics
Rikard Bolmsvik
Cementa
Anders Hammar
Swedish Transport Administration
Ulf Malmqvist
Abetong AB
Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 2 (In2Track-2)
European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/826255), 2018-11-01 -- 2021-10-31.
Swedish Transport Administration, 2018-11-01 -- 2021-10-31.
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Areas of Advance
Transport
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Applied Mechanics
Infrastructure Engineering
Publisher
Chalmers