2. Main repair methods for steel bridges
2.1 Lighter structures
The decks of many older structures are either vaulted, or made of downward-bent sheet metal covered with a thick layer of lean concrete or rubble; these coverings are heavy (between 8 and 10 kN/m 2 in common cases).
Replacing these covers with a slab of standard reinforced concrete (density ∼ 2,500 kg/m 3 ) or light reinforced concrete (density ∼ 1,900 kg/m 3 ) significantly reduces stresses in the structure. The close spacing of stringers and bridge members often enables the design of thin slabs (19 to 21 cm to comply with current reinforced concrete reinforcement coverings), which provides, in the case...
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Websites
• ACQPA Association pour la Certification et la Qualification en Peinture Anticorrosion (Association for Certification and Qualification in Anticorrosive Painting)
• AFCAB Association française de certification des armatures de béton (French association for the certification of concrete reinforcing bars)...
Standards and norms
- Ensemble des Eurocodes : calcul des structures en béton armé et précontraint, métalliques et mixtes (voir le site de l'AFNOR). - -
- Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures – Definitions, requirements, quality control and conformity assessment – Part 1: Definitions. - NF EN 1504-1 -
- Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures – Definitions,...
Regulations
Title II of fascicule 61 of the CPC: Design, calculation and testing of engineering structures (1971).
Titre I du fascicule 67 du CCTG: Étanchéité des ponts-routes support en béton de ciment (1985).
Titre I section II du Fascicule 62 du CCTG : Règles techniques de conception et de calcul des ouvrages et constructions en béton précontraint suivant la méthode des états limites...
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