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Canada’s Advanced National Standard on Bridge Evaluation
Abstract With time bridges deteriorate but traffic loads increase. There is insufficient money available to replace all deficient bridges, so in the last decade efforts have been under way in Canada to identify with more accuracy than before which bridges are deficient, which parts are critical and by how much they fall short. In a simple step-by-step procedure several ‘firsts’ are accomplished for a bridge evaluation code. The safety index β is selected as a function of the expected behaviour of a member and the consequences of its failure. Load factors reflect the confidence with which the loads can be predicted. A bridge on an ore haul route in the Yukon Territory serves as an example.
Canada’s Advanced National Standard on Bridge Evaluation
Abstract With time bridges deteriorate but traffic loads increase. There is insufficient money available to replace all deficient bridges, so in the last decade efforts have been under way in Canada to identify with more accuracy than before which bridges are deficient, which parts are critical and by how much they fall short. In a simple step-by-step procedure several ‘firsts’ are accomplished for a bridge evaluation code. The safety index β is selected as a function of the expected behaviour of a member and the consequences of its failure. Load factors reflect the confidence with which the loads can be predicted. A bridge on an ore haul route in the Yukon Territory serves as an example.
Canada’s Advanced National Standard on Bridge Evaluation
Buckland, Peter G. (author)
Bridge Management ; 575-584
1990-01-01
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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