Exploring and verifying the causes of the failure of the Carola Bridge with a view to reviewing and possibly revising regulations for concrete bridges

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Z2c - FE 15.729/2024/HRB

Challenge The Carola Bridge is one of the four bridges over the River Elbe in Dresden's city centre. It connects the old town with the southern part of the Inner Neustadt. On the night of 11.09.2024, parts of the western superstructure C of the Carola Bridge collapsed, which transferred a double-track tram line. The Carola Bridge is a prestressed concrete structure that was completed in 1971. It is the only prestressed concrete bridge in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany that has collapsed in parts during operation. It is now necessary to analyse the causes of the collapse in detail in order to learn from the event and to be able to derive the appropriate conclusions for similar structures in the German road network. The assessment of the remaining service life of the ageing transport infrastructure in Germany, and in particular that of the bridge structures, is a central challenge for all infrastructure managers regardless of the use of the building (e.g. road, rail) or the responsibilities (e.g. federal government, federal states, municipalities). Many buildings are to be upgraded or renewed in the coming years and decades. At the same time, in order to maintain the transport network, it is essential that many older buildings can continue to operate safely for many years to come. It is therefore of great importance to analyse the collapse cases as accurately and comprehensively as possible and to make the findings available to the infrastructure managers. The aim of the project is to investigate the causes of the collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden and to derive information on how to deal with any existing structures with comparable boundary conditions in the German transport network by analysing the damage and work contexts, combined with the processing of the resulting findings. The investigations are intended to address all relevant areas (including statics, material technology (concrete and steel). In particular, it is also about verifying announcement behavior and combining the findings from recalculation and evaluation.

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DE Deutschland
DEA2B Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

71300000 - Engineering services

71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Preis - siehe Teilnahmebedingungen

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336,134.44 EUR

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