Print Email Facebook Twitter General Considerations Title General Considerations Author Lantsoght, E.O.L. (TU Delft Concrete Structures; Universidad San Francisco de Quito) Schmidt, J.W. (Technical University of Denmark) Contributor Lantsoght, Eva (editor) Date 2019 Abstract This chapter discusses aspects that should be considered prior to every load test. The first questions that needs to be answered are “Is this bridge suitable for load testing?” and “If so, what are the goals of the load test?” To answer these questions, information must be gathered and preliminary calculations should be carried out. In order to evaluate if a bridge is suitable for load testing, different types of testing are shown, the topic of when to load test a bridge is discussed, and structure type considerations are debated. Finally, some safety precautions that should be fulfilled during a load test are discussed. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:68030bcd-5602-4bd0-8e3a-02fad6992ecc Publisher CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group, London Embargo date 2020-07-15 ISBN 9780367210823 Source Load Testing of Bridges: Current Practice and Diagnostic Load Testing, 12 Bibliographical note Accepted Author Manuscript Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2019 E.O.L. Lantsoght, J.W. Schmidt Files PDF 4_generalconsiderations_2 ... _07_03.pdf 1.35 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:68030bcd-5602-4bd0-8e3a-02fad6992ecc/datastream/OBJ/view