Monitoring and testing of a new stone masonry arch bridge in Vila Fria, Portugal

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

António Arêde (Author) FEUP; Pedro Miguel Costa (Author) FEUP; Aníbal Costa (Author) FEUP; Cristina Costa (Author) FEUP; Luís Noites (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of ARCH’07- 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges

Pages: 323-330

ARCH’07- 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges

Funchal, Madeira

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

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

Other information

Abstract (EN): This paper reports on the monitoring and load testing of a new stone masonry arch bridge recently built over the river Vizela in Vila Fria, Felgueiras, located about 60 km from Porto, Portugal. Besides highlighting the scientific purposes subjacent to this bridge construction initiative, the paper addresses basic aspects on the installed instrumentation and provides a general overview of sensor types, location and measured signals, as well as data acquisition and transmission systems. Some of the most relevant result measurements obtained from the load test and their comparison with available numerical analyses are also presented.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8