Assessment and rehabilitation of Central European highway structures, ARCHES. Deliverable D07 : Internet database of load test results and analytical calculations
Publication details: Bryssel European Commission, 2009; Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories, FEHRL, Description: 1 USB, 61 s. USBSubject(s): Online resources: Bibl.nr: VTI 2010.0329Location: Abstract: Below given text is the addition to the electronic version of the Internet database of load test results and analytical calculations only. Many European countries perform load tests on new and rehabilitated bridges. This extremely useful information is however not used to optimise assessment of existing bridges. The data-base might help to correlate data on load testing with corresponding results of analytical cal-culation of different types of bridges from different countries (available data from national re-sources and from other projects, including tests of bridges before putting them into service, assessment of load carrying capacity of existing bridges and load tests done for research pur-poses). The database will allow the end users, to judge quickly the behaviour of the structure under the loading and suggest the structural assessment method to be used - computation analysis or load testing.Below given text is the addition to the electronic version of the Internet database of load test results and analytical calculations only. Many European countries perform load tests on new and rehabilitated bridges. This extremely useful information is however not used to optimise assessment of existing bridges. The data-base might help to correlate data on load testing with corresponding results of analytical cal-culation of different types of bridges from different countries (available data from national re-sources and from other projects, including tests of bridges before putting them into service, assessment of load carrying capacity of existing bridges and load tests done for research pur-poses). The database will allow the end users, to judge quickly the behaviour of the structure under the loading and suggest the structural assessment method to be used - computation analysis or load testing.