Safety of historical stone arch bridges

• Main Authors: Proske, Dirk (Author), Gelder, Pieter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Construction.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Engineering, Architectural.; Building materials.; Building repair.; Buildings > Repair and reconstruction.; Building Repair and Maintenance.; Building Construction.; Building Materials.; Basics of Construction.

Historical stone arch bridges are still a major part of the infrastructure in many countries. Although this type of bridge has proven to be an efficient construction type, it often poses the problem of insufficient numerical models of the load bearing behavior. Therefore the book introduces methods...