Publications

As part of the West Gate Tunnel Project, the existing exit ramp from Footscray Rd westbound lanes to the elevated CityLink northbound lanes is to be upgraded and extended to form a new ramp (Ramp F3) that improves connection from Footscray Rd to…

Pot bearings installed in bridges constructed before 1970 are coming to the end of their nominal 50-year design life. In recent years, a new generation of spherical bearings has become available as an alternative to pot bearings. These bearings…

The paper presents a whole life cycle analysis of bridges and civil structures with due consideration of environment and economic aspects. The study is presented considering variables of constituent materials components so as to reduce the…

The concept of steel-concrete composite beams requiring shear studs welded to an upper steel flange to provide a shear connection to a concrete slab is no longer required. Instead, composite dowels are formed by cutting an intended shape (steel-…

Assessment of heavy vehicle access is a key challenge for local government in Australia which is only becoming more critical as structure assets age and the demands associated with the freight task increase. Bridge assessment in Australia has been…

The assessment of the reliable, safe, live load structural capacity of a bridge is fundamentally different to design because design is a lower bound process due to uncertainties about loads, materials, geometry, analysis and the small marginal costs…

Bonded anchors are also known as bonded fasteners or chemical anchors are often used to connect structural elements and non-structural elements to structural components. The embedded metal part may be a threaded rod, deformed reinforcing bar,…

The 11th Austroads Bridge Conference brought together more than 400 delegates from Australia and New Zealand. A diverse audience comprising 

With transport as Australia's second largest source of greenhouse gas pollution [1], there are some more obvious sustainability benefits in the provision green transport infrastructure. Pedestrian and cycle bridges may be thought of inherently…

Poor performance of structural details known as halving joints has been the cause of some international bridge collapses in the past 20 years. While the Queensland Department of Transport &