Abstract
Techniques are described for installing instrumentation within highway/railway crossings – to measure vertical pressures under moving highway and railway loadings – using earth pressure cells. Also, techniques are described for installing instrumentation between rail base/tie plate interfaces – to measure vertical pressures under moving railway loadings – using pressure sensitive ink sensors. In addition, the sensors were used to measure the surface pressures imparted by highway vehicles on crossing surfaces. Data is presented for several crossings including a wide variety of conditions and loading intensities. The data serves to quantify pressure gradients within highway/railway crossings for application to structural design analyses.
Report Date
5-2009
Report Number
KTC-09-05/FR136-04-2F
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.2009.05
Repository Citation
Rose, Jerry G.; Durrett, Daniel M.; Walker, Lindsay A.; and Stith, Jason C., "Highway-Railway At-Grade Crossings: Trackbed and Surface Pressure Measurements and Assessments" (2009). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 96.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/96
