Browse > Article

Load Rating of Bridges and Load Test of Agricultural Slab Bridge  

Yang, Seung-Ie (콜로라도 주립대 토목환경학과)
Kim, Han-Joong (서울대학교 농공학과)
Kim, Jin-Sung (인덕대학교 건설정보시스템)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection / v.7, no.1, 2003 , pp. 239-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
The bridges, which were built between 20 and 30 years ago in rural area, have to support unexpected overload caused by excessive amount of transportation. For these rural bridges, repairs and replacements are needed. To avoid the high cost of rehabilitation, the bridge rating must correctly report the present load-carrying capacity. Rating engineers use Allowable Stress Design (ASD), Load Factor Design (LFD), and Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) to evaluate the bridge load carrying capacity. In this paper, the load rating methods are introduced, and it is illustrated how to use the load test data from literature survey. Load test is conducted to the bridge that was built 30 years ago in rural area. From load test results, new maintenance strategy is suggested instead of the bridge replacement.
Keywords
bridge rating; load carrying capacity; load test; maintenance;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference