Lessons Learnt from Full-Scale Tests of Bridges in Croatia and Sweden
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Ivan Duvnjak
(University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Marko Bartolac (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia) Jonny Nilimaa (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden) Gabriel Sas (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden) Thomas Blanksvärd (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden) Björn Täljste (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden) Lennart Elfgren 
(Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Tomorrow’s Megastructures, Nantes, France, 19-21 September 2018 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Nantes 2018 | ||||
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: |
collapse stiffness deformations serviceability limit state (SLS) numerical modeling load testing proof loading
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