Many of the masonry arch bridges in the network of railway bridge stock belong to the civil
engineering heritage of the railways. Therefore, their maintenance and management require …

Health monitoring of masonry bridges is vital due to their long life in service and an
increasing need for higher axle loads. Results of feasibility study of applying an increased …

Masonry arch bridges present a large segment of Iranian railway bridge stock. The ever
increasing trend in traffic requires constant health monitoring of such structures to determine …

A large portion of the railway bridge stock in many countries is comprised of masonry arch
bridges. During recent years, more attention has been paid to the maintenance of such …

Arch is most possibly one of the oldest structural forms used for bridge superstructures,
especially for masonry bridges. Masonry arch bridges are the longest serving structural …

Complex special inspection of an old masonry arch bridge according to the Guideline on
Inspection and Condition Assessment of Railway Bridges and numerical analysis of the …

Masonry arch bridges have furnished railway networks as important infrastructures. The
evaluation of the behavior of masonry arch bridges has drawn a great deal of attention over …

The importance and long serviceability period of a curved-in-plan masonry arch bridge, and
the demand for allowable axle load increasing from 200 to 250 kN, convinced the authors to …

Dynamic load testing has become a common practice for condition assessment of masonry
arch bridges and lays the foundation for their rehabilitation procedures; however, additional …

To evaluate the remaining strength of a plain concrete arch bridge, dynamic and static load
test was carried out. In the static test, up to 7300 kN of weight was applied, and in the …