ElevArch® - Jacking heritage masonry bridges to allow for railway electrification
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Détails bibliographiques
| Auteur(s): |
Kevin Bennett
(Freyssinet Limited, Telford, UK)
Hamish Harvey (Bill Harvey Associates Limited, Penarth, UK) |
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| Médium: | papier de conférence | ||||
| Langue(s): | anglais | ||||
| Conférence: | IABSE Symposium: Construction’s Role for a World in Emergency, Manchester, United Kingdom, 10-14 April 2024 | ||||
| Publié dans: | IABSE Symposium Manchester 2024 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1140-1148 | ||||
| Nombre total de pages (du PDF): | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/manchester.2024.1140 | ||||
| Abstrait: |
Hundreds of Britain’s masonry railway bridges are in the way of Network Rail's electrification programme. ElevArch® is a unique method to raise a masonry arch to create sufficient space for the overhead line equipment to be installed beneath. The full-scale demonstrator on East West Rail in 2016 proved the method was viable by successfully lifting a farm accommodation bridge by 900mm. The secret to its success is the careful sequencing of operations to control the arch thrust when the arch is cut free from the foundations. The method is cheaper than the two current alternatives of track lowering and bridge reconstruction and is, therefore, of interest not just for heritage structures but across the railway network. With Network Rail's electrification programme restarting after a long pause, it is time to reconsider ElevArch as a viable and cost-effective option. This paper explains ElevArch in detail to enable designers, contractors, and asset owners to assess whether the technique could be suitable for their structures. |
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