Publications

This webinar, presented on 29 June 2017, provides an overview of how Community Service Obligations could be applied to the roads sector and how establishing a CSO framework could help clarify road funding arrangements. Community service obligations…

This webinar addresses the road safety and infrastructure challenges posed by the operation of agricultural vehicles and equipment on public roads. It is presented by Adam Ritzinger, lead author of the 2016 Austroads report Future Challenges of…

Australia has regularly reviewed access to the road and bridge network with a view to increasing transport productivity. The current access regime for heavy vehicles has evolved over time with access now controlled by a range of regulations, notices,…

Over recent years, Public Transport Victoria through its operator Yarra Trams, has been gradually introducing new class trams (of which the E Class is the heaviest and longest) on Melbourne’s tram network.

Currently there is pressure from the freight industry to allow higher performance freight vehicles (HPFV) the use of major transport routes, particularly between the major centres of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. An initial review of the existing…

The present study is concerned with the drift and displacement based seismic assessment of bridge abutments. This study is distinguished from previous research that has been reported in the literature in that what is of primary interests is the…

Theoretical assessments of a bridge network to AS5100.7 identify many bridges operating at margins smaller than those embodied in AS 5100.7. The cost of strengthening these bridges is unpalatable and the consequences of restricting access are…

Prestressed concrete I girder bridges constructed in the 1960s and 70s have the potential to restrict transport productivity because their AS 5100.7 assessments can be poor despite satisfactory inservice performance. The primary issue is the shear…

The change in title of the 2004 Australian Standard AS 5100 Part 7 Rating to the revised AS 5100 Part 7 Bridge Assessment is symbolic of the change of focus of this part of the standard. The 2004 version of the standard had an objective “to…

Grillage analogy is a popular method for analyzing various types of highway bridges in design offices. For load assessment of existing bridges in Australia, mainly beam line model and grillage analogy are employed to evaluate the structural…