Designing Bridges for a Long Service Life
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Bibliographic Details
Author(s): |
Markus Gabler
(ARUP, Düsseldorf, Germany)
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Medium: | conference paper | ||||
Language(s): | English | ||||
Conference: | IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015 | ||||
Published in: | IABSE Conference Geneva 2015 | ||||
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Page(s): | 50-57 | ||||
Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
Year: | 2015 | ||||
DOI: | 10.2749/222137815818356936 | ||||
Abstract: |
Major bridges are lifelines of our modern economies. As engineers, we are obliged to design robust and long-lasting structures, which are prepared for future developments. This contribution summarizes the state of the art of sustainable bridge design, with a focus on major cable-stayed bridges. Sustainable bridge design can be broken down into three principles:
Besides giving a critically review of existing solutions, a list of innovative developments will be highlighted and their future implementation discussed. |
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Keywords: |
FRP service life new materials composites monitoring sustainable design bridge access replaceable components smart structures
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