Articles about Bridges

The old Kalix Bridge has found a new home at LTU

2022-11-09 The old bridge was built in the 60s and was a very important part of the E4 road infrastructure. In 2015 the bridge was deemed unfit for increased heavy traffic and a new bridge was build downstream.

Newly cast bridge ready to be crushed

2022-03-14 In a world-unique research project, a new complete railway bridge is being built, and then load tested to the breaking point. The newly cast concrete will be supplemented with rails for maximum imitat...

Old bridge gets second life in research

2022-01-13 The old Kalix bridge from 1957 gets a second life as a research object at Luleå University of Technology, both before and after demolition/dismantling. The construction of the new bridge began in 2019...

In the media: In Kalix, sustainability is tested with heavy traffic - can save the country's aging bridges

2022-01-12 Before Christmas, the new E4 bridge in Kalix was inaugurated. Researchers are now taking the opportunity to use the old bridge for research.

New competence cluster in structural engineering

2021-10-19 A workshop in mid-October 2021 became the starting point for a new international competence cluster in building construction, the AB3C Arctic Building and Construction Competence Cluster. During two d...

In the media: They are researching the sustainable bridges of the future

2021-10-15 For 50 years, Luleå University of Technology has conducted several successful research projects where bridges have been tested. The project concerning the Kalix Bridge was recently launched, where the...

Students contribute to a further understanding of old railway bridges

2021-10-14 Two engineering students, David Åkergren and Jacob Gustafsson, have in their master theses for the Master Programme in Civil Engineering investigated one of our most common bridge types within our rai...

Sigge Thernwall's major construction award for 2020 to Thomas Blanksvärd

2020-09-18 Thomas Blanksvärd is an Associate Professor at Luleå University of Technology and a specialist and research and development manager at Skanska Sweden for the road and construction business line.

In the media: The truth behind the bridge failure

2019-04-17 The worst construction accident in Swedish history occurred 80 years ago - Sandöbroraset. The construction that was used on the mold to Sandö Bridge was doomed to leave. Today, people found molds with...

New methods for fast inspection of bridges

2017-11-06 Maintenance of existing infrastructure is a global concern due to the ever-increasing demands of society, with continual wear and degradation on structures potentially leading to large monetary and so...

Lecture: Reinforcement of concrete structures in a 25-year perspective

2017-11-02 Lecture by Björn Täljsten, Luleå University of Technology

In the media: Radical Innovation

2016-12-01 What are the processes of innovation within the infrastructure sector? It examines Johan Larsson, Luleå University of Technology, the dissertation Managing Radical Innovation in the Swedish Infrastruc...

Bridge Builder Contest 2014

2014-12-15 A recurring feature for students from the Civil Engineering, Architecture and Fire Protection programmes is the Bridge Builder Contest organized at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural R...

Sustainable railway infrastructure

2014-10-09 Within the EU project Mainline researchers has to developed new methods to extend the life and optimize costs for railway infrastructure. Within the framework of the project researchers in Structural ...

Test can provide bridges increased life

2014-06-27 On Thursday, a project was implemented where the durability of a concrete bridge over E 10 in Kiruna was tested by the charged offense. The test is a full-scale experiments in which researchers at Lul...

War Bridge 5 arrived at Complab

2013-11-20 War Bridge is a Swedish mobile bridge system for fast assemble and build bridges for tanks. The bridge has a maximum length of 48 meters, of which 46 are at the range. At 32 meters long bridge capable...

Railwaybride broke under pressure

2013-09-13 It was a glorious autumn day when some fifty scientists, stakeholders and representants for the press and media gathered at the Åby River In the north of Sweden to push an old railway bridge to the br...

How much can our bridges carry?

2012-05-30 Arto Puurula have studied a 50 year old railway bridge in Örnsköldsvik, which was charged to the breakning point in July 2006 when the new Bothnia Line was built. A new type of carbon fiber reinforcem...

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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