National Uprising Bridge (case study)
Object description
The bridge was built in 1972 in the capital of Slovakia - Bratislava. The road-rail bridge is
situated over Danube River. It is located near the Castle Hill. It is an asymmetric cable-stayed bridge steel bridge. It has a total length 431,8 m. The lengths of the spans are: 74,8 m, 303 m and 54 m. The height of the beam is 4,6 m, the width is 21 m. The bridge was constructed in the ANSYS environment using beam and shell elements. The pylon top, stiffeners and curvature of the deck in vertical direction.
Object analysis
The Uprising Bridge is also very important for roadway transport in the capital of Slovakia. The case of study is to research all points where it is possible to find some damages of bridge. Generally point of initiation of assessments is research interest. Monitoring of that bridge allows to eliminate all potential damages in qualitative criteria. All sensors is mounted along bridge. The physical intervention of that bridge is repair or upgrading.
Object state
The bridge over Danube River was constructed generally for roadway use. The most important damage for this bridge is excessive deformation and displacement. It is very important for dynamic behaviour of the bridge. It is used dynamic response as performance indicator. The signal of sensors could monitoring all possible defects (construction temperature). This leads to reduction risks of the deformation.
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This case study was contributed by Krzysztof Dul of Mostostal Warszawa S.A.. Last edited by technical staff.