The non-destructive testing and diagnosis of transport infrastructures is essential because of
the need to protect these facilities for mobility, and for economic and social development …

This paper aims to assess the strength of a 100+ year old masonry arch bridges in Australia
that are currently in operation and routinely subjected to train loadings. Towards this end, 45 …

Within the precepts defended by the International Charter of Kraków, this paper aims at
presenting a fully non-destructive multidisciplinary approach able to characterize masonry …

This paper reports two nonlinear modelling strategies resorting to FE methodologies to
simulate the damage state condition in masonry arch bridges under service loading. The first …

The current paper aims to investigate the effects of tire‐derived aggregate (TDA) layer as a
novel impact absorber in railway bridges. In the first step, a concrete short slab bridge was …

Masonry arch bridges constitute over half of the European bridge stock. The dynamic
response of these bridges to traffic loads is influenced by their free vibration properties, ie …

Historical masonry structures are an essential component of cultural heritage. These
structures may transfer the lifestyle of previous civilizations to next generations. In order to …

This article presents the validation of a non-linear FE numerical model of a multi-span stone
arch railway bridge based on experimental tests and under in-service freight trains. Static …

The assessment of historical structures is a broad issue likely to comprise lab or in-situ
testing at the structure, component or material levels, whenever relevant characterization of …

The anisotropy and meso-structure of masonry materials bring great difficulty for the
numerical modeling of masonry arch bridges. To overcome this problem, a two-phase …