BRIDGE ASSESSMENT: THE NEED FOR CODIFIED RULES

Although Standards are readily available for the design of steel bridges, there is a sparsity of codified requirements that facilitate the assessment of existing bridges which do not comply with limitations implicit in design rules. The paper describes the development of draft assessment provisions to be used with BS 5400, Part 3, the United Kingdom Code of Practice for Steel Bridges. Various aspects are covered where benefits may be derived for assessment above those available for use in design. The paper gives specific examples where application of a more fundamental approach enables variable structural configurations to be dealt with that are not encompasssed within a design code for new structures. The paper also discusses some general problems of dealing with assessment, as opposed to design, and the need to have a general set of assessment provisions which can be allied to a design document. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 858602.

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• Authors:
  • FLINT, A R
  • HUBAND, M V
• Conference:
  • BRIDGE MANAGEMENT 2: INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRIDGE MANAGEMENT HELD 18-21 APRIL 1993, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, GUILDFORD
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 897-911

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Detection and identification; Detectors; Deterioration; Evaluation and assessment; Loss and damage; Maintenance; Metal bridges; Repairing; Standards; Steel
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1614: Damage; 9115: Detection; 5255: Deterioration; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 3847: Maintenance; 3465: Metal bridge; 3635: Repair; 187: Specification (standard); 4542: Steel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00638490
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-1926-2
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 24 1993 12:00AM