Assessment of a railway concrete arch bridge by numerical modelling and measurements

• Main Authors: He, Guojing, Zou, Zhongquan, Enochsson, Ola, Bennitz, Anders, Elfgren, Lennart, Kronborg, Anders, Töyrä, Björn, Paulsson, Björn
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och brand 2008
• Subjects: Concrete arch bridge; assessment; vibration; numerical modelling; Transport Systems and Logistics; Transportteknik och logistik; Infrastructure Engineering; Infrastrukturteknik; Kalix; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-67035

Two main railway concrete arch bridges have been investigated in northern Sweden: the Vindel Bridge over the Vindel River with a span of 110 m and the Långforsen Bridge over the Kalix River with a span of 90 m. The bridges were constructed in the 1950s with similar designs. In order to investigate t...