Publications

Showing 1 - 4 of 4 Publications
Traffic Data Collection Using a Bridge-Weigh-in-Motion System in a Cable- Stayed Bridge
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…
How is your Bridge Behaving? Advanced Monitoring of New Zealand’s Longest Bridges
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…
Building and Maintaining Bridges to be Sustainable
One of the hottest discussed topics in the international engineering community at present is sustainability of infrastructure with respect to global warming and climate change. Global warming and climate change could result in frequent extreme…
Lifting the Future of Bridges
  • ABC-WPD009-11
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Bridges
Whether you believe sea levels will rise in the future due to global warming or not, can bridges be easily designed to accommodate changing sea levels? This paper describes how a bridge on New Zealand’s state highway network has been designed with…