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Jan 1923
Third Progress Report of the Special Committee to Report on Stresses in Railroad Track
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As stated in the earlier reports, the Committee has felt that an adequate report on stresses in railroad track must be based largely on experimental data derived from extensive tests on standard railroad track, and that, in view of the complexity of the action of track under load and the variability of the conditions to be found in track and load, the work of conducting experiments and reducing the data would necessarily require much time and effort. The development of methods of conducting the tests and the work of devising the instruments and apparatus have involved a considerable expenditure of time, effort, and money.
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