SUSTAINABLE BRIDGES THROUGH INNOVATIVE ADVANCES

• cours magistral
• cours magistral - matière potentielle : trf fellows

Sustainable bridges through innovative advances 2 May 2007 Presented by Professor Adrian E Long at the Joint ICE and TRF Fellows Lecture 1 Abstract 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Sustainability issues affecting bridges 5 4 Development of novel in-situ test methods 8 5 Sustainable concrete bridge decks by design 13 6 A novel flexible concrete arch system for sustainable bridges 17 7 Concluding remarks 21 8 Acknowledgments 22 9 References 22 Institution of Civil Engineers Registered charity number 210252 - 1 -

• strong correlation with high levels of freeze-thaw damage
• innovative approaches
• mechanisms of deterioration
• development of a holistic model for concrete deterioration
• viaduct girder arch cable-stay
• bridges
• bridge
• compressive strength
• concrete
• construction