Janusz Rymsza

Road and Bridge Research Institute Poland

Professor Janusz Rymsza carries out works commissioned by the central administration in Poland. He is the author of both a widely used method for determining the service load capaci-ty of bridges and a method for determining the military class of bridges. Professor Rymsza also performs studies related to non-price bid evaluation criteria. He is the author of the European Criteria applied to the Assessment of Works Tenders, adopted for use in 2016 by the European Council of Civil Engineers.

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On the Need to Increase the Design Load and Adoption of a Uniform Service Load for Bridges in Europe

By Janusz Rymsza

Since 2010, the same standard has been used in EU countries, which includes design load models for road bridges. However, some countries have adopted load factor values other than those recommended in the standard, which has resulted in large differences in the design load of bridges, including bridges located on trans-European network routes. In addition, the standard design load is close to that of a column of actual heavy vehicles when congestion occurs on a bridge. This chapter proposes the adoption of a uniform increased design load for bridges, guaranteeing the safe transfer of European traffic. Currently, vehicle traffic on the trans-European road network traverses thousands of bridges designed to different and outdated load standards. The future of these bridges depends on what load is adopted when checking their service load capacity. This chapter proposes adopting a service load based on the characteristics of the vehicles allowed on European roads.

Part of the book: Recent Topics in Highway Engineering - Up-to-date Overview of Practical Knowledge [Working title]

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