Bridges

Research topics

The Bridges research group mainly focuses on:

fatigue behavior of steel orthotropic plated decks subject to road and railway traffic - optimization of stress dispersing;
arch buckling criteria based on geometrical imperfections and erection criteria
non-continuous stiffening of thin walled elements in compression;
effects of rib distortion on orthotropic plated decks - numerical simulation of structures subject to impact load;
control of wind induced hanger vibrations;
in situ bridge and tunnel monitoring;
applications of advanced materials in bridge engineering.