Title
Multidisciplinary Investigations of a Steel–Concrete Composite Bridge
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Politecnico di Milano
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
The paper presents the results from the multidisciplinary investigations performed on Baghetto Bridge. The structure, built in 1966, crosses the Adda river between the Municipalities of Castello dell'Acqua and Chiuro. It consists of three steel–concrete composite girders of different lengths supported by stone-masonry piers. The research program involved several investigations: (i) documentary research, (ii) ambient vibration testing, (iii) hydraulic study, and (iv) FE modelling and updating. After a concise review of the bridge history and a brief description of the structure, the hydraulic study based on existing topographic surveys is presented. This latter analyses allowed the estimation of hydraulic actions as well as the evaluation of possible hydro-geomorphologic scenarios. Subsequently, the complete results of the experimental tests are described and discussed. The modal parameters identified from the dynamic survey allowed validation of the numerical model, together with a more in-depth interpretation of the actual behaviour of the bridge. Moreover, the overall investigation allows to sound the presented multidisciplinary approach for the structural assessment of existing bridges.
Start page
793
End page
807
Volume
156
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería civil
Ingeniería de la construcción
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115071805
Source
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Resource of which it is part
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
ISSN of the container
23662557
ISBN of the container
978-303074257-7
Conference
8th Civil Structural Health Monitoring Workshop, CSHM-8 2021
Sponsor(s)
The support of Regione Lombardia is gratefully acknowledged. Sincere thanks are due to G. Cazzulani, PhD (MECC, Politecnico di Milano) who assisted the authors in conducting the field tests.
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