Dynamic and Quasi-static Load Tests in a Railway Stone Multispan Masonry Arch Bridge

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2020

Authors

Rúben Silva (Author) FEUP; Cristina Costa (Author) FEUP; António Arêde (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Proceedings of ARCH 2019

Pages: 516-524

ISBN: 9783030292263

Electronic ISBN: 9783030292270

Publisher: Springer Publishing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Structural engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00S-66F

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_55

Abstract (EN): This paper describes the dynamic and quasi-static tests performed in a multispan masonry arch bridge, under railway traffic actions. The dynamic forced vibration tests performed under train loading allowed to characterize the dynamic response of the bridge in terms of accelerations in the deck and piers. The quasi-static tests were performed using two in service freight train passages circulating at reduced speed and allowed monitoring particularly deformations in the arch. The main objective of this work is to use these experimental results for validation of the numerical model of Durrães bridge for dynamic and static analysis. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific