The new City Bridge of Drammen: A structural insight
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Alejandro Clemente
(Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Valencia, Spain)
Sergio Albero (Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Valencia, Spain) Diego Velayos (Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Valencia, Spain) Adrián Enríquez (Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Valencia, Spain) Fernando Ibáñez (Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Valencia, Spain) Birger Opgård (Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Oslo, Norway) Mario Rando (Degree of Freedom, Structural Engineering, Oslo, Norway) |
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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): | 1270-1277 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/prague.2022.1270 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The new City Bridge of Drammen, or Bybrua in Norwegian, is a 258.9m long urban bridge that will cross the railway station and the river. This new structure, that replaces the existing bridge, will connect the main areas of the city, Strømsø to the south and Bragernes to the north. The final design is a collaboration between Degree of Freedom, Norconsult, SAAHA and Knight Architects, outstanding for its symbolism as major landmark of the city. The long structural design process of this bridge has overcome significant challenges such as the poor ground conditions in the riverbed, finding and adequate erection sequence, large ice loads and the coordination between different owners and multiple interdisciplinary teams. Also highlight the fact that this bridge has been completely modelled using BIM technologies for all the disciplines, emphasizing the steel parts and reinforced concrete elements. |
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| Keywords: |
steel concrete FEM composite arch BIM erection sequence climate change urban bridge ice loads
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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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