Site-specific assessment of the loading to which existing bridges are subject has considerable potential for saving on rehabilitation and replacement costs of the bridge stock. Monte Carlo simulations, with traffic ...
The assessment of site-specific bridge traffic loading using WIM data is a critical feature of
minimizing the cost of rehabilitation and replacement for bridge stock. For short- to medium-span bridges, it is often assumed ...
This paper presents a new approach to the modelling of congested traffic loading events on long span bridges. Conventional traffic load models are based on weigh-in-motion data of non-congested traffic, or something similar ...
WIM has developed greatly in the last ten years and confidence in the accuracy of recorded data has
increased significantly. Traffic data recently obtained from a number of representative European sites
are used to ...
It is well acknowledged that long-span road bridges (about 50 m long and more) are
governed by congestion traffic rather than free-flow conditions. A conventional model
for the design of new long-span bridges is to place ...
Design and assessment of highway bridge structures requires accurate prediction of the maximum load effects, i.e. shear forces and bending moments etc., which may be expected during the proposed or remaining life of the ...
This report gives results of some new studies performed to validate the European road traffic load model proposed by the Eurocode EC1. Weight in motion has developed greatly in the last ten years and confidence in the ...
This paper presents a new approach to the modeling of congested traffic loading events on long span bridges. Conventional traffic load models are based on weigh-in-motion data of non-congested traffic, or something similar ...
The accurate estimation of site-specific lifetime extreme traffic load effects is an important element
in the cost-effective assessment of bridges. In recent years, the improved quality and increasing use of
weigh-in-motion ...