What is E80 loading?
What is E80 loading? Railroad Boussinesq Strip Load Live loads for Railroads are based on the Cooper E80 loading. Cooper E80 is designed to approximate 2 locomotives with 80 kips per axle pulling an infinite train of 8 kips per foot. The lateral pressure from the loading will be determined using the Boussinesq Strip Loading procedure. What is an E80? Cooper E80 simulates the live load from a train, usually on a bridge. It is a series of point loads (simulating locomotive wheels) followed by uniform distibuted load of 8 kips per linear foot of track (the total load on...