Structural Design of Aluminium Bridge Decks for Existing Traffic Bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Johan Maljaars
Frans Soetens Dick De Kluyver |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Chicago 2008 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 584-585 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 6 | ||||
| Year: | 2008 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137908796293893 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Between 1930 and 1990, many traffic bridges are constructed consisting of a hardwood deck supported by a steel structure. The hardwood decks have to be replaced regularly. This paper discusses using extruded aluminium bridge decks as an alternative for timber decks for renovation of these bridges. Special attention is paid on fatigue design and connections between steel and aluminium structures. |
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| Keywords: |
fatigue design renovation light-weight structures aluminium structures thermal expansion extrusion
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