Örnsköldsvik bridge (case study)
The concrete trough railway bridge in Örnsköldsvik was built in 1955 with two spans and a length of 24 m. It was decommissioned due to the building of a new railway, the Bothnia Line. It was assessed and tested to failure in the European FP6 project Sustainable Bridges, Bien et al. (2007), Puurula et al, (2015), Sas et al. (2012).
Object description
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Civil engineering type
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Railway network Bridge
Year of construction
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1955
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63° 17' 13.42" N, 18° 42' 20.77" E
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Object analysis
The bridge was used as a test bed for inspection, assessment, monitoring and strengthening of the methods proposed in Guidelines for for Inspection and Condition Assessment (ICA), Load and Resistance Assessment (LRA), Monitoring (MON), and Strengthening (STR).
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Research
Object state
The bridge was tested to failure and was able to take about 6 times the load it was designed for without strengthening and about 8 times with strengthening with Near Surface Mounted Reinforcement (NSMR) of Carbon Fibre Reinforce Polymer (CFRP) Bars.
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Load bearing capacity
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This case study was contributed by Frida Liljefors of Norwegian University Of Science And Technology. Last edited by technical staff.