Assessment of masonry arch bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Thomas Harrewijn
(Royal HaskoningDHV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Rob Vergoossen (Royal HaskoningDHV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Prague 2022 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 562-568 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/prague.2022.0562 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper is about the assessment of masonry arch bridges in the Netherlands. A large part of the public road network in old city centres is still formed by masonry arch bridges. The general question of the local authorities is “can masonry arch bridges withstand motorised traffic including busses and occasionally heavy trucks?” Nonlinear finite element analysis in PLAXIS is applied for the assessment of the failure behaviour of the structure and its limits related to cracking and failure loading. A proof-loading of a real bridge increased the reliability of the calculation methodology. To assess a large group of single span masonry arch bridges, suggestions for a risk-based approach are made. |
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| Keywords: |
assessment masonry arch bridge NLFEA Proof-loading residual lifetime
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| Copyright: | © 2022 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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