Arch bridges – unlocking their potential

Adrian Long; Sreejith Nanukuttan

doi:10.1680/jencm.16.00018

Arch bridges – unlocking their potential

Adrian Long, Sreejith Nanukuttan

School of Natural and Built Environment

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Abstract

Arch bridges are strong, durable, aesthetically pleasing and require little maintenance but very few have been built since the early 1900s. However, this trend has changed as more than 60 FlexiArch bridges have been installed since the system was launched in 2007. The FlexiArch uses precast concrete voussoirs, requires neither corrodible reinforcement, nor centring, can be installed in hours and is contractor friendly. Details of this innovative method of construction and installation of arch bridges are given and the enormous potential of the system for multi-span
viaducts is also highlighted.

Original language	English
Article number	1600018
Number of pages	4
Journal	ICE Proceedings - Engineering and Computational Mechanics
Early online date	15 Jul 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/jencm.16.00018
Publication status	Early online date - 15 Jul 2016

Keywords

bridges
concrete structures
service life

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering

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