Concrete Tie (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Concrete Tie

Caption

A concrete tie deforming under the weight of rail traffic. The arrow indicates where SMAs were inserted to demonstrate adaptive reinforcement.

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The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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