INVESTIGATION AND STRENGTHENING STUDY OF TWENTY DAMAGED BRIDGES: A BELGIUM CASE HISTORY

At the present time, the Walloon Region of Belgium is very concerned about the maintenance and repair of twenty bridges of similar design built during the fifties. These prestressed bridges are particular because they are based on pairs of inclined and double-hinged piers, the inner ones being compressed and the outer ones being prestressed by wire tendons. After the collapse in 1992 of such a bridge in the Flemish part of the country, a complete investigation programme was performed on the twenty similar bridges, managed by the Walloon Region. Severe defects were detected mainly in the prestressed piers: a general lack of grouting in the ducts and corrosion of wires were observed for many tendons. The paper reports the programme of investigations that was carried out and describes the solution that was studied for strengthening the structures, including laboratory and on site testing. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 882313.

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• Authors:
  • MATHY, B
  • DEMARS, P
  • ROISIN, F
  • WOUTERS, M
• Conference:
  • BRIDGE MANAGEMENT 3. INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRIDGE MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, GUILDFORD, UK, 14-17 APRIL 1996
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 658-66

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Bridges; Conferences; Corrosion; Hinges; Prestressed concrete; Repairing; Steel
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 3434: Bridge pier; 8525: Conference; 5252: Corrosion; 3462: Hinge; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 3635: Repair; 4542: Steel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729504
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-419-21210-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM