Print Email Facebook Twitter Prolonging the service life of existing reinforced concrete slab bridges through experimental studies on the shear capacity Title Prolonging the service life of existing reinforced concrete slab bridges through experimental studies on the shear capacity Author Lantsoght, E.O.L. Van der Veen, C. Walraven, J.C. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2013-05-27 Abstract A large number of existing reinforced concrete slab bridges are found to be insufficient for shear when calculated according to the governing codes. Seeking improved methods, for example, based on new experimental evidence, to assess the residual shear capacity and prolonging their service life can avoid large economic, environmental and social costs. Experimental results are combined with Monte Carlo simulations to quantify the increase in shear capacity in slabs as a result of transverse load redistribution. As a result, a larger number of slab bridges can remain in service. Subject assessment practiceslab bridgesshearexperimentsstatistical evaluationeffective widthcode extension To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:19020d71-0beb-4101-b6ae-0ef178d2e828 Publisher Japan Concrete Institute Source ICCS 13: 1st International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, Tokyo, Japan, 27-29 May 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 The Author(s) Files PDF 293466.pdf 740.92 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:19020d71-0beb-4101-b6ae-0ef178d2e828/datastream/OBJ/view