Open AccessStrengthening of a road bridge due to a very large load
Author(s) -
Czesław Machelski,
M. Hildebrand
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
przegląd komunikacyjny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-6037
pISSN - 0033-2232
DOI - 10.35117/a_eng_17_08_06
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , structural load , structural engineering , load factor , computer science , transport engineering , engineering , medicine
Extremely heavy oversized transport is considered in the paper. Such oversized loads appears occasionally along the road network due to the restrictions of load capacity of bridges. The results of the analyses involved in the paper shows that old bridges as well as new ones are not adapted to such oversized loads. The strengthening or reconstructions of structural ele-ments are required as presented in the paper. The final remark refers to the administrative un-derstanding of the load capacity of the bridge which is based on the total weight of a vehicle. Such approach of the load capacity is not precise.