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2007-08-14

Railway Bridges in Saxony, Germany

The graduation thesis deals with the Saxon railway bridges, their construction and history. A historical tied-arch bridge was compared to a modern railway bridge structure. Based of this comparison, an tied-arch bridge improved by a meshed hanger arrangement is then designed and analyzed.
Author
Stefan Leuckefeld
University
Dresden University of Technology and Economics, Germany,
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture

A historical tied-arch bridge was compared to a modern railway bridge structure. Based of this comparison, an tied-arch bridge improved by a meshed hanger arrangement is then designed and analyzed.

"Furthermore, I would like to thank the Dlubal Software company for providing me the framework program RSTAB 6 free of charge."


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