Practical experiences word-wide in past revealed that the fatigue life oforthotropic steel decks can be much shorter than other major structural members in
The steel truss railway bridge at (A)by River in Sweden was built in 1957 with a span of 32m (105 feet).In 2012 it was replaced by a new steel beam bridge a
There is a need to extend the life of many existing railway bridges.To facilitate this is one of the objects of the EC-FP7-Project MAINLINE,covering a perio
Since rising number of natural disasters has been the major threat to worldwide infrastructures.Civil engineers nowadays have to enhance the mitigation of h
A large number of concrete bridges have durability damage in different degrees.Therefore,a scientific evaluation is necessary to ensure the conditions of th