Published Reports at CN

1970s

Sweeney, R.A.P., “A Computer Program for the Rating of Single Span, Symmetric, Reinforced Concrete Railway Frame Bridges”, M. Eng. Dissertation, Sir George Williams University, April 1971, Montreal, Canada.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Investigation of the Remaining Useful Life of the Fraser River Bridge”, New Westminster, B.C., Phase I, Jan. 1975.

Sweeney, Robert A.P., “The Possibility of High Frequency Vibrations in Bridge Structures”, Report to Committee A2C05, T.R.B. Annual Meeting 1979.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “High Frequency Vibrations in Railway Structures”, T.R.B., 1979.

Sweeney, Robert A.P., “Estimated Damage in the 380’ Swing Span and the 159’-3 Fixed Spans of the Fraser River Bridge”, New Westminster, B.C., Final Report CN Rail, April 1979.

1980s

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Designing Railroad Bridges for Low Maintenance”, T.R.B., 1980.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Estimated Fatigue Damage in the 116’-10 ½ Through Truss Span of the Assiniboine River Bridge”, Nattress, Man., Volume 1 & II, 1980.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Quebec Cartier Mining Railway Bridge Assessment”, Port Cartier to Lac Jeannine, D. Eng. Thesis, Canac Consultants, 1980.

Sweeney, R.A.P. and Elkholy, I.A.S., “Estimated Fatigue Damage in the 206’-3” Through Truss Span of the Ottawa River Bridge”, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Volume I & II, June 1980.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Standard Steel Trestle Cracking”, T.R.B., 1981.

Sweeney, Robert and Oommen, George, “Strengthening of Steel Truss Spans”, Presented to Bridge Evaluation and Strengthening Seminar, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada, 1987.

Scott, Frank, Oommen, George and Sweeney, Robert A.P.,”Balancing Forces in Bridge Eye Bars”, Presented to the Transportation Research Board Committee A2C05, Washington, DC, USA, January 1987.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Benefits of Bridge Testing Performed on Canadian National Railway Bridges”, T.R.B., 1988.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Effect of 120 Ton Capacity Cars on Bridges”, T.R.B. 6^th Annual Meeting 1988.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Fatigue Problems and Bridge Evaluation”, Montreal Structural Engineers, February 23, 1989.

1990s

Sweeney, Robert A.P., “Deterioration Models from Early Systems”, T.R.B. Bridge Management Workshop 1991, Washington, DC.

Sweeney, R.A.P. “Railroad Bridge Inspection” Course No. 2444 W S Dec. 1991 University of Wisconsin WI

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Symposium on Practical Solutions for Bridge Strengthening and Rehabilitation”, Keynote Address Des Moines, Iowa, April 5 & 6, 1993.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Deferring Expenditures Through Bridge Testing”, Keynote Address 10^th Annual International Bridge Conference, June 1993, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Engineer’s Society of Western Pennsylvania.

Sweeney, R.A.P., Fisher, J.W., “Discussion of Accurate and Rapid Determination of Fatigue Damage in Steel Bridges” Hahin, C., South, J.C., Mohammadi, J., J of Structural Division ASCE Vol. 120, Number 5, May 1994, pp. 1674 – 1678

Sweeney, R.A.P., Fisher, J.W., “Discussion of A Fatigue Reliability Analysis Program for Railroad Steel Riveted Members” AREA Bulletin N0. 75, 1995

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Building Capacity in Heavy-Haul Rail Transportation”, Annual General Meeting of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Halifax, NS. 1995

Bailey, Simon F., Casas, Juan F., Frangopol, Dan , Hirt, Manfred A., Kuhlmann Ulrike, Yamada, Kentaro, Bruhwiler Eugen, Sweney, Robert A.P., “ Evaluation of Existing Steel and Composite Bridges”, IABSE Workshop Report , p 126-128 Structural Engineering International Vol 7, No. 2 May 1997, IABSE Zurich

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Discussion of Reliability-Based Method for Fatigue Evaluation of Railway Bridges”, Tobias, D.H., Foutch, D.A., J of Bridge Engineering, Vol 3 No.4, Nov. 1998 ASCE

Gaudet, P.G., Sweeney, R.A.P., “Timber Trestle Maintenance Recommended Methods”, Lesson 33, CN March 1999, Canac Inc. Montreal, QC

Gaudet, P.G., Sweeney, R.A.P., “Rebuild Frame Trestle under Traffic”, Lesson 34, CN March 1999, Canac Inc. Montreal, QC

Gaudet, P.G., Sweeney, R.A.P., “Rebuild Pile Trestle under Traffic”, Lesson 35, CN March 1999, Canac Inc. Montreal, QC

2000-1

Sweeney, R.A.P., “HAL Bridges” TTCI Strategic 5 Year Research Planning Conference, March 2000, TTCI (AAR), Pueblo, CO.

Sweeney, R.A.P., “Discussion of Performance of Bridge Timber Ties under Static and Fatigue Loading” Soudki, K.A., Rizkalla,S., Uppal, A.S., J of Bridge Engineering July 2001, ASCE.