E – 2041 Design, Maintenance and Bridge Failures with Efficient Mitigation Measures
$70.00
Courses Included
Advanced Dynamic analysis of the response of Bridges.
CONTENT OUTLINE
Types of Bridges
- Types of Bridges
- Reasons for Bridge failure
- Bridge design considerations through the ages and its shortcomings.
- Instabilities caused by wind action, traffic and ageing.
- The history of bridge damage and failures.
- Damage detection using advanced methods.
- Bridge maintenance – including loose connections and suspension bridge checking.
- Accurate measure of the natural frequencies and damping of bridges and the risk ratio to quantify damage for bi-annual inspections.
- Practical information about bridge response.
