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Performance evaluation of in-service open web girder steel railway bridge through full scale experimental investigations

  • Sundaram, B. Arun (Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus) ;
  • Kesavan, K. (Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus) ;
  • Parivallal, S. (Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus)
  • Received : 2019.07.10
  • Accepted : 2019.09.05
  • Published : 2019.09.25
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Abstract

Civil infrastructures, such as bridges and tunnels are most important assets and their failure during service will have significant economic and social impact in any country. Behavior of a bridge can be evaluated only through actual monitoring/measurements of bridge members under the loads of interest. Theoretical analysis alone is not a good predictor of the ability of a bridge. In some cases, theoretical analyses can give less effect than actual since theoretical analyses do not consider the actual condition of the bridge, support conditions, level of corrosion and damage in members and connections etc. Hence actual measurements of bridge response should be considered in making decisions on structural integrity, especially in cases of high value bridges (large spans and major crossings). This paper describes in detail the experimental investigations carried out on an open web type steel railway bridge. Strain gages and displacement transducers were installed at critical locations and responses were measured during passage of locomotives. Stresses were evaluated and extrapolated to maximum design loading. The responses measured from the bridge were within the permissible limits. The methodology adopted shall be used for assessing the structural integrity of the bridge for the design loads.

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