Testing of key bridge components to ensure good life-cycle performance
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Carlos Mendez-Galindo
(Mageba Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)
Niculin Meng (Mageba SA, Bulach, Switzerland) Colm O'Suilleabhain (Mageba SA, Bulach, Switzerland) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management, Guimarães, Portugal, 27-29 March 2019 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Guimarães 2019 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1628-1635 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1628 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The proper long-term performance of key bridge components such as bearings, expansion joints, dampers and seismic isolators is an important factor in the life-cycle quality control of new and existing bridge infrastructure. Laboratory testing of these components in accordance with national and international standards can very helpful in ensuring good performance, but the testing that can find application is very varied, as demonstrated with reference to sample completed testing procedures – illustrating the benefit of consulting with an experienced practitioner as required. |
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| Keywords: |
bridge testing durability Bearings dampers expansion joints seismic isolators
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