Major Achievements at CN - Testing Research
Major Achievements at CN - Testing Research
"BEST" bridge testing - Saved Company $132 M over 12 years
Acoustic Emission Testing - Saved Company over $77M over 11 years
lntroduced Fatigue Evaluation to CN 1974 and lndustry - "sweeney's Method
" Tests of Riveted Connections - Saved about $40 M.
- Lehigh U 47 Beams
- U of Alberta 4 beams Major Bridge
Testing of 7 Major Bridges in 1970's saved or postponed for over 10 years several hundred Million $
Initiated and guided current AAR Bridge Research program whose major achievements include: .
- New Longitudinal Force Requirements for AC Locomotives
- New Seismic Design and evaluation criteria
- Procedures from testing for evaluation of remaining life of Steel bridges to determine economics of 286 k cars
- Procedures from testing for evaluation of remaining life of timber bridges
- Justified higher shear allowable stresses
