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Three Case Studies of Construction History Applied to the Assessment of Engineering Heritage Structures

Three Case Studies of Construction History Applied to the Assessment of Engineering Heritage Structures
Author(s): ORCID, , ,
Presented at IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015, published in , pp. 443-450
DOI: 10.2749/222137815818357476
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The paper will illustrate the contribution of research into Construction History in condition assessment or residual carrying capacity situations for three old types of concrete constructions. We w...
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Author(s): ORCID (École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BELGIUM)
(École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BELGIUM)
(Bureau Greisch, Liège and Brussels, BELGIUM)
(ORIGIN Architecture & Engineering, Brussels, BELGIUM)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015
Published in:
Page(s): 443-450 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 443-450
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2015
DOI: 10.2749/222137815818357476
Abstract:

The paper will illustrate the contribution of research into Construction History in condition assessment or residual carrying capacity situations for three old types of concrete constructions. We will address:

  • the problem of assessing the actual carrying capacity of "Hennebique" reinforced concrete type beams with their characteristic reinforcement system, widespread in many countries before the First World War.

  • the replacement of the external post-tensioning tendons within a hollow box girder railway bridge built in the early 1960s with the "Blaton-Magnel" anchorage system developed in Belgium from 1941 onwards, and used until the early 1960s, in Belgium and abroad.

  • the structural assessment of thin concrete hyperbolic paraboloid shells, which were highly popular with architects and engineers in 1950s-1960s.
Keywords:
bridges prestressed concrete reinforced concrete assessment post-tensioning hyperbolic paraboloid Thin concrete shells engineering heritage

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