The Langensandbrücke is a good example of innovative structural engineering using composite design. During the design stage, the designers have made necessary assumptions regarding aspects such as the composite behaviour and support conditions: structural measurements would quantify more accurately the real structural behaviour.
Aim of monitoring:
– Develop an accurate behavioural model (global and local) of the bridge to help with management over its life-cycle – Evaluate the extent of composite action between the concrete slab and steel girder – Quantify the additional stiffness due to friction between the slab and the girder – Determine accurately the load distribution at each abutment – Supply necessary modelling information for an eventual dynamic analysis.
|INSTALLATION PERIOD||TYPE OF SENSORS|
|2008 – 2009||SOFO|