Demonstration bridge C: Masonry Arch Structure : Sustainable Bridges Background document 7.4

• The bridge was selected as a typical masonry arch bridge for demonstration and testing of the project achievements. The age (built 1875), construction and span length (arch radius 4,97 m) of the structure are representative for masonry bridges in Europe. The bridge also doesn't have any technical documentation as most of old masonry bridges. From the practical point of view it is interesting that the track in service is placed asymmetrically, just on one side of the bridge.Within the works performed on the bridge the following activities can be distinguished:• NDT testing of the structure geometry and material in situ,• Laboratory test of specimens taken form the structure,• Numerical analyses for evaluation of the bridge load capacity and the ultimate load.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Infrastrukturteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Infrastructure Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Masonry Arch Bridge

Monitoring

Senors

Full-scale testing

analysis

Byggkonstruktion

Structural Engineering

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