Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of a Railway Bridge in Rotterdam

Theemswegtrace bridge is a double track railway bridge located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Total length of the bridge is 3.7 km, with a typical span length of 30 m. For these typical spans, superstructure consists of simply supported precast prestressed I girders and cast in place R/C slab. An assessment study of the original design was performed in a non-linear manner to observe the importance of soft soil conditions on rail-structure interaction. Due to soft-soil conditions, rail-structure interaction analyses according to UIC 774-3 were performed together with inclusion of barrette piles and associated soil-springs. Site specific non-linear p-y curves, t-z curves and q-z curves were developed and used in the analyses. It was found out that soils structure interaction can affect the results significantly and has remarkable importance in rail structure interaction analysis of bridges located on soft soils.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59169-4
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  • © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.
• Authors:
  • Ozkaya, Cenan
• Conference:
  • Third Istanbul Bridge Conference (iBridge2018)
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2018-11-5 to 2018-11-6
• Publication Date: 2021-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: 1
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 115-121
• Monograph Title: Developments in International Bridge Engineering: Selected Papers from Istanbul Bridge Conference 2018
• Serial:
  • Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
  • Volume: 17
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
  • ISSN: 2194-8119
  • EISSN: 2194-8127
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/bookseries/11059

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge superstructures; Railroad bridges; Soft soils; Soil structure interaction
• Geographic Terms: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01874469
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9783030591687
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 2023 1:15PM