Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Objective of the Study
• 2. Scope of Study
  • 2.1 Scope
  • 2.2 Material Properties
  • 2.3 Sorting
  • 2.4 Shear Spike Installation
  • 2.5 Load Limit
  • 2.6 Load Testing Procedure
    • 2.6.1 Initial Effective Stiffness
    • 2.6.2 Shear Spike Testing
• 3. Test Results
  • 3.1 Initial Effective Stiffness
  • 3.2 Medium- to High-Quality Group
  • 3.3 Lower-Quality Group
  • 3.4 Repair Procedure Cost
• 4. Shear Strength of Epoxy Resin
• 5. Conclusion
• 6. References
• Appendix*

*available in the PDF version

Composite Repair of Railroad Crossties through the Process of Shear Spiking

TJ Thorne Schilling
Richard M. Gutkowski
Department of Civil Engineering

Don Radford
Department of Mechanical Engineering

June 2004

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