ScholarLens Back to search
1976•Unpublished venueRequires access

CONCRETE - THE PREDOMINANT MATERIAL FOR ROAD BRIDGES

S Brodin

Open publisher page 0 citations

Abstract

Out of the total number of road bridges in Sweden, 75% are made of concrete. Those built during the last five years are almost without exception concrete bridges. There is more than one reason for this development. One is that the number of wide span bridges has been considerably reduced lately. Of today's production 80% have a span shorter than 20 M. The structural design and economy of these bridges are briefly mentioned. Trends regarding choice of material, structural engineering and construction methods are described along with aesthetic aspects and environmental considerations. /TRRL/

About this research paper

What this paper is about

Out of the total number of road bridges in Sweden, 75% are made of concrete. Those built during the last five years are almost without exception concrete bridges. There is more than one reason for this development. One is that the number of wide span bridges has been considerably reduced lately. Of today's production 80% have a span shorter than 20 M. The structural design and economy of these bridges are briefly mentioned. Trends regarding choice of material, structural engineering and construction methods are described along with aesthetic aspects and environmental considerations. /TRRL/

Why it matters

A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

Out of the total number of road bridges in Sweden, 75% are made of concrete. Those built during the last five years are almost without exception concrete bridges. There is more than one reason for this development. One is that the number of wide span bridges has been considerably reduced lately. Of today's production 80% have a span shorter than 20 M. The structural design and economy of these bridges are briefly mentioned. Trends regarding choice of material, structural engineering and construction methods are described along with aesthetic aspects and environmental considerations. /TRRL/

Key concepts: Span (engineering), Engineering, Civil engineering, Forensic engineering, Road construction, Transport engineering

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
CONCRETE - THE PREDOMINANT MATERIAL FOR ROAD BRIDGES — Research Paper | ScholarLens