Life cycle assessment framework for railway bridges: literature survey and critical issues

Life cycle assessment framework for railway bridges: literature survey and critical issues

Life cycle assessment framework for railway bridges: literature survey and critical issues Guangli Du & Raid Karoumi To cite this article: Guangli Du & Raid Karoumi (2014) Life cycle assessment framework for railway bridges: literature survey and critical issues, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 10:3, 277-294, DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2012.749289 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org...

Probabilistic fatigue life estimates for riveted railway bridges

A large percentage of the railway bridges in the UK rail network and around Europe are of riveted construction exceeding in many cases 100 years of age. The remaining fatigue life of these bridges is difficult to estimate due to the uncertainties regarding the fatigue behaviour of wrought-iron and older steel material, which was used for their construction, as well as the actual loading and the...

Extending the Service Life of Timber Railway Bridges

Times of downturn in economy, tough competition, high costs, and large amounts of capital required for replacements have created growing need for cost cutting measures and for seeking better return on investment. This has also placed an increasing emphasis on maintenance practices to extend the service life of existing railroad bridges. This paper outlines the various factors which playa role i...

Simplified probabilistic non-linear assessment of existing railway bridges

Several Critical Issues of the Gis Architecture for Chinese Railway

The significant function of GIS technology in promoting the railway development in this information era is now attracting great attention from the Ministry of Railway and the State decision-making institutions of the P.R.China. However, until present, the GIS has not been economised on the Chinese Railway. Discussions have been made on the several critical issues in building up the railway GIS....