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Lessons Learnt from Full-Scale Tests of Bridges in Croatia and Sweden

 Lessons Learnt from Full-Scale Tests of Bridges in Croatia and Sweden
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Tomorrow’s Megastructures, Nantes, France, 19-21 September 2018, published in , pp. S24-127
DOI: 10.2749/nantes.2018.s24-127
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Load testing is a way to control the capacity and function of a bridge. Methods and recommendations for load testing are described and examples are given form tests carried out in Croatia and Swede...
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Author(s): (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
(University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
(Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
(Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
(Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
(Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
ORCID (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Tomorrow’s Megastructures, Nantes, France, 19-21 September 2018
Published in:
Page(s): S24-127 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): S24-127
Total no. of pages: 8
DOI: 10.2749/nantes.2018.s24-127
Abstract:

Load testing is a way to control the capacity and function of a bridge. Methods and recommendations for load testing are described and examples are given form tests carried out in Croatia and Sweden. In order not to damage the bridge being tested, the load must be limited, often to be within the serviceability limit state (SLS). Numerical models can be calibrated by load tests and then be used to check the carrying capacity for higher loads than what has been tested. Need for further work and recommendations are discussed. By effective planning, costs can be saved and a more sustainable use of bridges can be obtained.

Keywords:
collapse stiffness deformations serviceability limit state (SLS) numerical modeling load testing proof loading