The Reconstruction of the Cast Iron Railway Station from 1865
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Milan Vasek
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference, Rotterdam, May 2013 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 570-571 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2013 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137813806548370 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The oldest steam railway station in Prague (Czech Republic) was built between 1844 - 1865. Struc- tural repairs were made over several decades. The necessary complex reconstruction of the bearing cast iron and timber structure of the main hall is described. The design of the reconstruction had to be done within the highest professional level, using the most relevant technologies [1]. The obvious stability analysis of columns according to EN codes did not give satisfactory results [2]. Non-linear FE analysis and contact analysis 3D models were used to represent the cast iron hollow columns. The results were verified by laboratory testing to ensure the correct function of the main station hall. The welding of broken columns was introduced and a combination of steel tubes and cast iron col- umns were used. The deteriorated timber roof members were supplied by glued members. |
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| Keywords: |
stability cast iron strengthening laboratory testing timber finite elements FE Computer Model non-linear behavior cast iron welding contact elements
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