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Weather Resistant Steel As Viable Option For Country Timber Bridge Replacements
ABC2017-121-17
26 Apr 2017
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Steel in bridge construction in Australia has declined significantly over the last 40 years from around 25% of bridges to as low as 5% of bridges in recent years. The main reasons for this have been the proliferation of precast prestressed concrete…
Effect of Factors Influencing Bridge Scour
ABC2017-162-17
26 Apr 2017
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Scour has been identified as one of the main causes of bridge failures in Australia and worldwide. Accurate estimation of scour around bridge piers is challenging as it requires a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between fluid, soil and…
Assessment Methods for Timber Bridges with Round Girders and Corbels
ABC2017-069-17
21 Apr 2017
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Australia still has thousands of timber bridges in service which were designed and constructed long ago to carry lighter loads than they now carry. The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads manages in excess of 300 timber bridges, of…
Innovative Finite Element Techniques in Bridge Assessment: Case Studies in Timber and Steel Bridges
ABC2017-021-17
20 Apr 2017
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Roads and Maritime Services currently manages about 5600 bridges and bridge size culverts in New South Wales (NSW). These bridges were built during the last 150 years for various design loadings, structural forms and materials. Some of these bridges…
Flood Resilient Bridge Design, Case Studies from Challenging Design Environments
ABC-LCM103-14
22 Oct 2014
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Case studies of bridges located in the Lockyer Valley in Queensland and the Solomon Islands are presented in the paper. Historically these locations have experienced extreme flooding. Flood damage at bridges can isolate communities and result in…
The New Australian Standard AS 5100 Part 9: Timber Bridges
ABC-AUS203-14
22 Oct 2014
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Timber bridges are enjoying a revival around the world for pedestrian and vehicular use. There are several reasons for this. Growing interest in reducing CO2 emissions and increasing sustainability has paved the way in part. New and innovative use…
Rehabilitation of Coonamit Bridge Over Wakool River, Swan Hill
ABC-MAR103-14
22 Oct 2014
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The Coonamit Bridge is a Dare-type timber truss road bridge and was built in 1929. It is a representative example of a Dare timber truss road bridge and is assessed as being of state heritage significance, primarily on the basis of its technical and…
Capacity of Compression Members in RTA Timber Truss Bridges
ABC-IAR002-11
31 Oct 2011
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Since the introduction of the limit state design method for Australian bridge design in the Austroads Bridge Design Code in 1992, there has not been an associated limit states timber bridge design code. The last applicable code was the working…
Review of Findings of National Scour and Waterway Risk Screening Programme for State Highway Bridges in New Zealand
ABC-AAI010-11
31 Oct 2011
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The New Zealand Transport Agency recently carried out a nation-wide screening of state highway bridges for scour and other bridge waterway risks. This paper outlines lessons learned from the implementation of the screening programme and reviews the…
2010-11 Queensland Floods and Cyclone Events- Learning for Structures
ABC-WPD001-11
31 Oct 2011
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The summer of 2010 / 2011 represents an extreme event. The majority of Queensland was declared a natural disaster zone as a result of the damage caused by non-typical flooding and cyclones throughout the State. It is estimated $4.5 billion dollars…
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