Title:
Double T Guideways to Cut Transit
Costs
Author(s):
M.K. Bhatia, B. G. Rabbat, and H. G. Russel
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
2
Issue:
7
Appears on pages(s):
60-62
Keywords:
concrete construction; dynamic loads;
flexural strength; guideways; static loads; T-beams;
tests; test equipment; torsion tests.
DOI:
Date:
7/1/1980
Abstract:
A brief outline of testing procedures and results of an 80-ft (24-m), 93-ton (84,Mg) double-T girder to be incorporated in the Dade County rapid transit system is given. Also discusssed are the rapid transit system which will serve the Miami, Fla., area, and estimated cost savings.