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Understanding the Splitting and Bursting Failure of Concrete Crossties
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          Federal Railroad Administration

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                    Analysis

**Keywords:** Pretensioned concrete crosstie, splitting crack, bursting crack, concrete release strength, prestressing wire, prestressing strand, bond strength, finite element analysis
**Abstract:** Under the sponsorship of the Federal Railroad Administration, finite element (FE) analyses were conducted at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center)...
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