Railroad ties must be designed to resist large shear
Chapter 7, Problem 7-26(choose chapter or problem)
Railroad ties must be designed to resist large shear loadings. If the tie is subjected to the 34-kip rail loadings and an assumed uniformly distributed ground reaction, determine the intensity w for equilibrium, and calculate the maximum shear stress in the tie at section a–a, which is located just to the left of the rail.
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