Experimental characterization of the mechanical behaviour of components and materials of stone masonry railway bridges

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

António Arêde (Author) FEUP; Cristina Costa (Author) Other; António Topa Gomes (Author) FEUP; José Eduardo Menezes (Author) FEUP; Rúben Silva (Author) FEUP; Maria Morais (Author) Other; Rui Gonçalves (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Construction and Building Materials

Vol. 153

Pages: 663-681

ISSN: 0950-0618

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-7SK

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.069

Abstract (EN): This article focuses on the experimental characterization of constituent materials of stone masonry railway bridges. The study refers to two railway bridges, an overpass in Durrães (near Barcelos, Portugal) and a culvert in São Pedro da Torre (next to the north border Portugal-Spain), both included in the Portuguese railway network. The experimental campaign comprised core sampling and in situ tests using several techniques, namely Dynamic Probing Super Heavy (DPSH), georadar, Ménard pressuremeter (PMT) and flat-jacks, as well as lab tests on constituent materials¿ samples taken from the studied bridges. The main objective of this work is therefore to use these experimental results for calibrating numerical models for structural behaviour simulation of the two bridge cases. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 19