TY - GEN
T1 - Bridge load testing
T2 - 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2024
AU - Lantsoght, E. O.L.
AU - Schmidt, J. W.
AU - Sas, G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Editor(s).
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Bridge load testing is one of the tools engineers are using for the assessment of existing bridges, which is becoming increasingly important to manage the existing bridge stock in a sustainable manner. Over the past years, various research groups have worked on theoretical and practical research regarding load testing. Moreover, various international committee work on load testing recommendations. This paper provides an overview of recent research efforts in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The way in which recent research efforts are implemented in new committee reports and guidelines is highlighted. Overall, the efforts have focused on combining load testing with insights in structural behavior, applying improved instrumentation techniques, combining with numerical analyses, and providing a probabilistic substantiation. In conclusion: bridge load testing is a dynamic field of research that benefits from international collaboration. Further improvements to existing codes and guidelines will be forthcoming in the next years.
AB - Bridge load testing is one of the tools engineers are using for the assessment of existing bridges, which is becoming increasingly important to manage the existing bridge stock in a sustainable manner. Over the past years, various research groups have worked on theoretical and practical research regarding load testing. Moreover, various international committee work on load testing recommendations. This paper provides an overview of recent research efforts in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The way in which recent research efforts are implemented in new committee reports and guidelines is highlighted. Overall, the efforts have focused on combining load testing with insights in structural behavior, applying improved instrumentation techniques, combining with numerical analyses, and providing a probabilistic substantiation. In conclusion: bridge load testing is a dynamic field of research that benefits from international collaboration. Further improvements to existing codes and guidelines will be forthcoming in the next years.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200392866&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/9781003483755-31
DO - 10.1201/9781003483755-31
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85200392866
SN - 9781032770406
T3 - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2024
SP - 297
EP - 305
BT - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2024
A2 - Jensen, Jens Sandager
A2 - Frangopol, Dan M.
A2 - Schmidt, Jacob Wittrup
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
Y2 - 24 June 2024 through 28 June 2024
ER -