Abstract:The railway loading in this Paper is based on an equivalent loading which was evolved by London Transport in about 1973, and which has now been incorporated, slightly amended, into the loading section of the revised British Standard 153. This bridge is the first railway bridge in the world of this type of span to be designed to this reduced railway loading, applicable to rapid transit systems.67. For impact, the allowance appears to be exactly the same as in the revised BS 153 and the London Transport loading.… Show more
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