Steel Construction 03/16

Romanian projects and integral bridge solutions based on composite dowels

by Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Edward Petzek, Dipl.-Ing. Victor Schmitt, Dipl.-Ing. Elena Meteş, Dipl.-Ing. George Ispăşoiu and Dipl.-Ing. Alexandru Ţurcan

The design and construction of sustainable and durable bridges with low maintenance costs is one of the tasks of road and railway administrations of the European Countries. The structures must be safe, economical and need less maintenance during their service life. All these needs can be found in integral abutment bridges. This solution, which eliminates the bearings and expansion joints, leads to low construction and maintenance costs. Integral bridges also have good earthquake resistance. Bridges are vital structures in the transport infrastructure; it is a fact that, in the last decades, composite bridges have become a popular solution in many European countries as a cost-effective and aesthetic alternative to concrete bridges. Their competitiveness depends on several aspects, such as site conditions, local costs of materials and personnel and the contractor's experience.

The full article is published in issue 03/2016 of the journal Steel Construction.

 Contents: Steel Construction 03/2016

• Romanian projects and integral bridge solutions based on composite dowels
• Condition monitoring of VFT-Rail® slab-track railway bridges
• Hot-dip galvanized composite dowel strips
• Development of an innovative sandwich plate for trough-type railway bridges
• A composite dowel bridge in the Czech Republic
• Crossing motorways under traffic without intermediate piers
• Investigation of hybrid steel-glass beams with adhesive silicone shear connection
• Web crippling capacities of rivet fastened rectangular hollow flange channel beams under one flange load cases
• Torsion and its interaction with other internal forces in EN 1993-1-1 – a new approach

The journal Steel Construction

Steel Construction publishes peer reviewed papers covering the entire field of steel construction research. In the interests of “construction without depletion”, it skilfully combines steel with other forms of construction employing concrete, glass, cables and membranes to form integrated steelwork systems.

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