THE SALVAGING OF THE COLLAPSED REICHSBRUECKE (REICHS BRIDGE) IN VIENNA
DIE BERGUNG DER EINGESTUERZTEN WIENER REICHSBRUECKE
ON THE 1ST AUGUST 1976 THE REICHSBRUECKE IN VIENNA COLLAPSED BY SLIPPING OFF A BEARING AND PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE SINGLE RIVER PIER. THE IMMEDIATE MEASURE TO BE UNDERTAKEN WAS TO CLEAR THE LEFT BANK SIDE SPANS. USING TWO FOUNDATION BLOCKS CONSTRUCTED ON THE BANK USING VSL STRAND TENDONS AND VSL JACKS THE LONGITUDINAL GIRDER WAS HAULED ONTO THE RIVER BANK. THIS SYSTEM WAS ALSO ADOPTED FOR SALVAGING THE CENTRAL SPAN SINCE ALL OTHER METHODS - (1) CUTTING THE STEELWORK UP INTO LIFTABLE SECTIONS USING DIVERS, (2) SALVAGING IN THE DRY, (3) LIFTING LARGE SECTIONS OF THE BRIDGE STEELWORK, (4) FLOATING LARGE SECTIONS AWAY - WOULD HAVE DEPENDED TOO MUCH ON THE FLOW OF THE RIVER DANUBE AND WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN TOO MUCH DANGER TO THE SALVAGING TEAM AND HAVE REQUIRED LENGTHY SALVAGING TIMES. THE PAPER GIVES DETAILS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATIONS WHICH WERE DESIGNED FOR A TOTAL TENSILE FORCE OF 140 MN FOR RECOVERING THE CENTRAL SPAN. THE FOUNDATIONS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE FORM OF A COMB, MADE UP OF SLURRY TRENCHES - FOR WALL FRICTION - ON WHICH A CONTAINER OF BALLAST WAS SET, WHICH DISPERSED THE TENSILE FORCES AND ON THE FRONT SIDE A SLURRY TRENCH APRON WAS USED TO MOBILIZE PASSIVE RESISTANCE IN THE SOIL. IN THE CONCLUSION THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE GAINED USING THIS METHOD ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. SEE ALSO IRRD ABSTRACT NO 308235.
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Authors:
- SELTENHAMMER, U
- Publication Date: 1978-6
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: 179-86
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Serial:
- OESTERR ING-Z
- Volume: 21
- Issue Number: 6
- ISSN: 0029-9219
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Cables; Demolition; Equipment; Foundations; Lifting equipment; Loss and damage; Prestressing; Salvage; Slurry trenches
- ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 4530: Cable; 1614: Damage; 3636: Demolition; 3674: Equipment; 3377: Foundation; 5158: Lifting; 4777: Prestressing; 3358: Slurry trench wall
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01292893
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 3:45AM