Sustainable railway bridges with higher axle loads : monitoring examples from northern Sweden

• Main Authors: Elfgren, Lennart, Enochsson, Ola, Täljsten, Björn, Paulsson, Björn
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion 2007
• Subjects: Infrastructure Engineering; Infrastrukturteknik; Kiruna; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-33217

Monitoring of several railway bridges has been carried out in northern Sweden in order to increase the allowable axle load. The work is part of a European Integrated Project "Sustainable Bridges - Assessment for Future Traffic Demands and Longer Lives". The paper describes the project and gives some examples of applications. Godkänd; 2007; Bibliografisk uppgift: Lennart Elfgren was awarded the price for Best Paper at IHHA STS Conference in Kiruna, Sweden 2007, and is entitled to free registration at the next IHHA Conference.; 20070708 (elfgren)