Bridges for High-Speed Railways: Revised Papers from the Workshop, Porto, Portugal, 3 - 4 June 2004

by Calcada; Rui

• ISBN13: 9780415471473
• ISBN10: 0415471478
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-07
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

A collection of papers from leading experts in this field, this book addresses steel and composite bridges for high-speed railways, European standards for high-speed railway bridges, prestressed concrete high-speed railway bridges, bridge-vehicles dynamic interaction, seismic design of structures for high-speed railways, design codes and dynamic analysis as well as construction, monitoring, maintenance, and repair. The book provides a valuable reference for bridge designers, consultants, infrastructure owners, regulatory authorities, construction companies, researchers, teachers and students involved in structural engineering projects for high-speed railways.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of Authors	p. ix
Steel and composite bridges for high speed railways - the French know-how	p. 1
The effects on the interoperability of the European Railway Traffic of European Standards	p. 15
Railway bridges for high speed lines and Eurocodes	p. 23
Dynamic loads in new engineering codes for railway bridges in Europe and Spain	p. 31
The Italian high speed network: Design and construction of the reinforced concrete bridges	p. 47
Bridges for the high speed railway lines in Spain. Design criteria and case studies	p. 71
Prestressed concrete railway bridges	p. 93
Dynamic behaviour of bridges due to high speed trains	p. 125
Dynamic analysis of hyperestatic structures under high speed train loads	p. 143
Bridge-vehicles dynamic interaction: numerical modelling and practical applications	p. 159
Seismic design of structures in the French Mediterranean and Asian high speed railway lines	p. 181
Closed and open joints for bridges on high speed lines	p. 191
Structural bearings for high speed railway bridges	p. 199
Serviceability limit states in relation to the track in railway bridges	p. 211
Differences in designing high-speed railway bridges and highway bridges	p. 221
The cable-stayed bridge over the Po river	p. 237
Composite and prestressed concrete solutions for very long viaducts: analysis of different structural designs for the Spanish high speed lines	p. 251
Engineering the bridge over the Hollandsch diep	p. 275
Author index	p. 287
Subject index	p. 289
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