Design and construction staging of a 300m steel bridge renovation
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
F. de Meijier
(Arup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
D. C. Tjepkema (Arup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) F. van Dooren (Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht, Netherlands) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress New Delhi 2023 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1303-1311 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1303 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Two steel tied arch bridges are a part of the Van Brienenoord Bridge (VBB}. They carry the A16 highway, a vital part infrastructure near the port of Rotterdam. The west arch has been suffering from fatigue in the orthotropic deck and the main load carrying structure required strengthening. A renovation outside traffic on a yard was proposed, benefiting achievable quality, H&S and hindrance. The main objectives where: maximizing remaining service life while re-using the maximum amount of existing steel. This was achieved by a combination of extensive analysis on describing locked-in stress, advanced FE analysis (GMNIA} and testing of existing material. After renovation the western VBB is able to withstand all design loads for another 100 years, while re- using 3200 ton of steel in the highest form. Arup and RHDHV work in a joint venture, the Managing Contractor, on the renovation of steel bridges for Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch highway authority}. |
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| Keywords: |
arch bridge renovation steel bridge assessment re-use construction staging
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