Građevinar, Vol. 61 No. 06., 2009.
Original scientific paper
Limit state analysis for existing bridges
Ana Mandić
Jure Radić
Zlatko Šavor
Abstract
Readers are cautioned that the existing bridges were in many cases designed in accordance with outdated procedures and that they do not meet the present day reliability criteria. It is therefore highly significant to analyse limit states of such bridges, so as to properly plan their maintenance. Limit state analysis procedures, developed through practical application on big arch bridges on the Adriatic, are described. The effects exerted by traffic load on girder structures are considered, and a special emphasis is placed on the effects of wind action and seismic action on arches.
Keywords
existing bridges; limit states; reliable traffic load; wind action; earthquake
Hrčak ID:
40581
URI
Publication date:
6.7.2009.
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