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Wireless monitoring for assessment of concrete railway bridges - Experiences from field tests

Abstract

This paper focus on assessment on a prestressed three span concrete box bridge by the use of a wireless monitoring system in combination with visual inspection. The bridge is located in the very north of Sweden, in Abisko. A visual inspection of the bridge carried out the 18th of August in 2016 several crack patterns were mapped on the inside of the box girder bridge located near supports in the spans on both sides of the bridge. The cause of the cracks are not completely clear. To reveal the reason for cracking a long term project has been initiated by Trafikverket. Here a new developed wireless system has been used. Investigating change in crack widths by the use of LVDTs and strain gauges. Also accelerations are monitored together with the temperatures. In addition also fibre optic systems and non-destructive tests were carried out (not reported here). The results/conclusions presented in the paper are preliminary and final results will be presented 2021.
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Category

Academic chapter

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Björn Täljsten
  • Cosmin Popescu
  • Rasoul Nilforoush

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Narvik
  • Luleå University of Technology

Year

2022

Publisher

Swedish Concrete Association

Book

XXIV Nordic Concrete Research Symposium 2022

ISBN

9788282080569

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