Refurbishment of orthotropic steel decks with steel plates
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Maarten Rikken
(Arup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Daan Tjepkema (Arup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Rupert Gibson (Arup, London, UK) David Gration (Arup, London, UK) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1496-1503 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/ghent.2021.1496 | ||||
| Abstract: |
A common problem in steel bridges is fatigue of orthotropic decks due to heavy traffic demands. Whilst replacing the asphalt with a high strength concrete overlay can solve this problem, it imposes significant additional self-weight. This additional self-weight often requires strengthening of the superstructure which in turn can result in long execution times with associated hindrance and costs. As no existing method addressed these issues Arup engineers developed an innovative solution for Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the Dutch Highways Authority. The new solution consists of bolting steel plates to the orthotropic steel deck, stiffening it for fatigue. Arup and RHDHV work in a joint venture, the Managing Contractor, on the renovation of steel bridges for and with RWS. |
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| Keywords: |
fatigue refurbishment steel bridges orthotropic decks life extension
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| Copyright: | © 2021 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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