Abstract
This paper responds to the discussion [1] by Dr. K. Giannakos over our technical note [2].[...]
Highlights
This paper responds to the discussion [1] by Dr K
Based on our extensive experience in both actual rail industry and academia, it is very well known that railway concrete sleepers are a structural and safety-critical component in track systems
There exist two design principles, their design takes into account both static and dynamic loading conditions together with their associated static and dynamic structural behaviours [122–124]
Summary
This paper responds to the discussion [1] by Dr K. In the discussion comment letter [1], Dr Giannakos discussed whether or not static testing of railway prestressed concrete sleepers has any value in the engineering field. The discusser based his comments on the need for dynamic testing for the determination of the bearing capacity of concrete sleepers on the provisions from EN13230-2 and inappropriately stated that ‘it is misleading to use static not dynamic tests’.
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