Essays about: "pre-stressed concrete bridges"

Found 3 essays containing the words pre-stressed concrete bridges.

1. 1. Monitoring and Modelling of the Abiskojåkka Bridge

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brand

   Author : Kasper Furenstam; [2020]
   Keywords : Prestressed bridge; Abisko; Monitoring; thermal effects; FEM;

   Abstract : The infrastructure of today is getting older and problems caused by deterioration over time is affecting the service life of these structures. In Sweden most of the existing bridges were constructed 60 to 70 years ago, rising the need to determine the state of health of the bridges as the maintenance costs will increase heavily. READ MORE

3. 2. Life Cycle Assessment of Railway Bridges : Developing a LCA tool for evaluating Railway Bridges

   University essay from KTH/Bro- och stålbyggnad; KTH/Järnvägsgruppen, JVG

   Author : Lorea García San Martín; [2011]
   Keywords : Life Cycle Assessment; LCA; Railway Bridges; Environmental impact assessment; pre-stressed concrete bridges;

   Abstract : The global understanding that natural resources and non renewable energy sources are not inexhaustible has been growing lately together with the increase of conscientiousness on the consequences that our demanding way of life has on the environment. Global warming, ozone layer depletion, the greenhouse effect or the acid rain, are some of these consequences, which may reach catastrophic levels if nothing is done to emend the actual situation. READ MORE

4. 3. The Use of Unbonded Tendons for Prestressed Concrete Bridges

   University essay from KTH/Bro- och stålbyggnad

   Author : Filippo Osimani; [2004]
   Keywords : external pre-stressing for bridges; externally pre-stressed concrete beams with unbonded tendons; pre-stressing with FRP tendons; specifications for tendon anchorage zones; anchorages for FRP tendons;

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