Axially suspended decks for road and railway bridges - Example: Railway bridge, Sado crossing
Event details
| Date | 23.05.2013 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Antonio Reis |
| Location |
GC C330
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The seminar will cover from some basic design concepts and options for this bridge deck typology, to some more advanced aspects related to the main issues related to static analysis and aerodynamic stability. Simple voided slab decks to single cell or multicell box girders or even spatial composite truss decks, may be adopted with an axially suspension scheme in cable stayed and bow string arches. The deck torsional stiffness is of course the main issue to control the static and dynamic responses under traffic and wind loadings. A variety of design examples are discussed.
Short Bio: Antonio J. REIS got his MS from IST Lisbon and his PhD from Univ. Waterloo, Canada. He pursued both an academic and professional career as structural engineer. He joined the Technical University of Lisbon in 1977 as assistant Prof. and became full Prof. in 1985. His research and teaching activities in are in the domain of Bridges and Design of Structures. Most of his research work at the University has been on steel and composite bridges and stability of structures. He has more than 130 technical and scientific publications in proceedings of international congresses and journals and is the co-author of two books.
In parallel, in 1980, he founded his own design office, GRID consulting engineers Ltd. He is responsible for the design of a variety prestressed concrete, steel and composite bridges, including cable stayed bridges and bowstring arches and the strengthening of many bridges including suspension bridges. He also has designed other special structures including several long span roofs for football stadiums. GRID projects and consultancy cover 16 different countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. In 2006 was nominated “ Comendador da Ordem de Mérito” by the President of the Portuguese Republic.
Short Bio: Antonio J. REIS got his MS from IST Lisbon and his PhD from Univ. Waterloo, Canada. He pursued both an academic and professional career as structural engineer. He joined the Technical University of Lisbon in 1977 as assistant Prof. and became full Prof. in 1985. His research and teaching activities in are in the domain of Bridges and Design of Structures. Most of his research work at the University has been on steel and composite bridges and stability of structures. He has more than 130 technical and scientific publications in proceedings of international congresses and journals and is the co-author of two books.
In parallel, in 1980, he founded his own design office, GRID consulting engineers Ltd. He is responsible for the design of a variety prestressed concrete, steel and composite bridges, including cable stayed bridges and bowstring arches and the strengthening of many bridges including suspension bridges. He also has designed other special structures including several long span roofs for football stadiums. GRID projects and consultancy cover 16 different countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. In 2006 was nominated “ Comendador da Ordem de Mérito” by the President of the Portuguese Republic.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Nikolas Geroliminis & Prof. Katrin Beyer
Contact
- Prof. Alain Nussbaumer