Publications

Tasman Bridge crosses the Derwent River joining Hobart to its eastern suburbs. It was built in the early 1960’s and reflects design concepts of the time. It is articulated so that the main viaducts are restrained by the abutments, with very slender…

Post-installed and cast-in anchors are commonly used in safety-critical applications in buildings and large infrastructure projects. This paper discusses the new Standards Australia Technical Specification TS 101:2015 which is the first Australian…

A major revision of AS 5100.4 Bearings and Deck Joints has been undertaken in preparation for the publication of a new edition of AS 5100. The elastomeric bearing performance tables have been revised to make bearing selection easier and the movement…

Expansions joints can be defined as a component of a bridge providing a continuous surface across the expansion gap for all classes of road users whilst accommodating all ranges of movements. Typically expansion joints are installed between adjacent…

Replacement of bearings is typically done by jacking to raise all beams at a headstock sufficiently to free the bearings for replacement or resetting. To avoid damage to the structure and to restore the initial bearing reactions, it is necessary to…

The Northern Marmara Motorway consists in a 115 km long ring road around Istanbul. It includes the iconic 3rd Bosphorus Bridge designed to be the symbol of modern Turkey, but also not less than 37 bridges spread over European and Asian sides.

Reliable live traffic data collection is crucial for effective pavement life prediction, fatigue estimation, vibration control, maintenance, and condition assessment of the bridge structures. Bridge weigh-in-motion (BWIM) is a technology utilising a…

At 1.76km long, the Rakaia River Bridge is the longest bridge in New Zealand. When combined with the Rangitata River Bridges (identical structural form), these structures comprise 223 spans and over 2.7km of reinforced concrete bridge on State…

Modern bridge design and construction places ever greater demands on engineers, materials and components. One of the most demanding parts of a bridge is the expansion joint. The selection of an appropriate expansion joint is crucial to minimising…

The use of bonded anchors to make structural connections to concrete surfaces of bridges and structural roadway components has been increasing steadily over the past 15 to 20 years due mainly to the flexibility in design, the ease and efficiency of…