Concrete evidence

Problems with fatigue damage in the bascule of the Van Brienenoord Bridge, which has an orthotropic steel deck, led to a task force being formed in the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management to investigate the cause, understand and control the fatigue mechanism for the 80 steel fixed and movable bridges in the Netherlands and to develop a practical solution for their rehabilitation. A new reinforced high performance concrete (RHPC) overlay system was developed, based on a combination of a high performance concrete strength class C110 and welded mesh reinforcement. The bonding method was based on a two-component epoxy-based adhesive with broadcast bauxite aggregate. Full-scale tests are being conducted to investigate the behaviour of an orthotropic bridge deck with bonded RHPC overlay. In 2003, a pilot project was conducted on the Caland Bridge. Strain measurements on the resurfaced bridge showed a stress reduction by a factor of 4-5. In 2005, work started to rehabilitate the Moerdijk Bridge on the A16 near Breda and the Hagenstein bridges on the A27 near Vianen.

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• Authors:
  • BUITELAAR, P
  • BRAAM, R
  • KAPTIJN, N
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 36-8
• Serial:
  • Bridge Design & Engineering
  • Volume: Third quarter 2005
  • Issue Number: 40
  • Publisher: Hemming Information Services
  • ISSN: 1359-7493
  • Serial URL: http://www.bridgeweb.com/Default.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Bascule bridges; Bridge decks; Concrete; Epoxy resins; Fatigue (Mechanics); High performance concrete; Material reinforcement; Orthotropic plates; Reinforcing materials; Steel; Stresses; Structural strengthening; Tests
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 5942: Adhesion; 3486: Bascule bridge; 3482: Bridge deck; 4755: Concrete; 632: Congestion (traffic); 3666: Construction method; 224: Cost; 9009: Decrease; 9010: Delay; 284: Delivery; 9011: Design (overall design); 7468: Epoxy resin; 3674: Equipment; 5579: Fatigue (mater); 1223: Fleet of vehicles; 1112: Freight transport; 8125: Germany; 4783: High performance concrete; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 9034: International; 697: Journey time; 264: Logistics; 8078: Netherlands; 3490: Orthotropic plate; 2955: Pavement; 3055: Pavement design; 9111: Reinforcement (gen); 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 2964: Rigid pavement; 3665: Road construction; 8771: Route guidance; 2953: Semi rigid pavement; 3660: Slip form paver; 4542: Steel; 3096: Strengthening (pavement); 5575: Stress (in material); 6255: Test; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Maintenance and Preservation; Pipelines; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01019702
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 9 2006 8:10AM