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LUCCA, December 9-11, 2009
Associazione degli Industriali della Provincia di Lucca
Piazza Bernardini, Palazzo Bernardini
FINAL WORKSHOP
"DETAILS"
DEsign for opTimal performance of high-speed rAILway
bridges by enhanced monitoring System
Research Project founded by RFCS:
Research Found for Coal and Steel
Workshop Aim
The Aim of the Workshop is to present the final
result of the research project founded by the
European Commission, Research Fund for Coal & Steel "Details:
DEsign for opTimal performance of high-speed rAILway
bridges by enhanchement monitoring Systems".
The general aim of the research is the optimization
of performance of the actual design solution for
steel-concrete composite railway bridges by means of
an accurate study of still open problem such as the
actual dynamic response of the bridge, the actual
contribution of the ballast and other non structural
elements, the choice of the proper modelling
strategies, the recognition and simulation of the
train-bridge interaction effects and the estimate of
the actual fatigue loading spectra.
To these purpose procedure integrating the design
whit the control and maintenance requirements have
been developed and proposed in order to minimise
costs referred to the whole bridge life guaranteeing
at the same time the adequate safety level during
exercise.
The results of the research programme are completed
by a set of Lectures concerning the most important
topic such as monitorin, fatigue and train-bridge
interaction effects.