E – 2041 Design, Maintenance and Bridge Failures with Efficient Mitigation Measures

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.