Concrete Bridges : Improved Load Capacity

• Main Author: Nilimaa, Jonny
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion 2015
• Subjects: Infrastructure Engineering; Infrastrukturteknik; Haparanda
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-26133

There are many beautiful old structures around the world, some of which were designed for completely different purposes than their current applications. For example, Swedish railway bridges were only designed to carry axle loads up to 200 kN in the beginning of the 20th century, while modern loads c...