?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.213050&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Strength+and+serviceability+assessment+of+aged+masonry+arch+bridges&rft.creator=Dorji%2C+Jigme&rft.subject=Arch+bridges+(masonry)&rft.subject=Axle+loads+and+speeds&rft.subject=Characteristic+strength+of+masonry&rft.subject=Capacity+assessment&rft.subject=Core+samples&rft.subject=Digital+Image+Correlation+technique+(DIC)&rft.subject=Deflection&rft.subject=Failure+mechanism&rft.subject=In-situ+Flack+jack+test&rft.subject=Limit+analysis&rft.description=This+thesis+investigated+strength+and+serviceability+of+aged+masonry+arch+bridges+which+exist+in+rail+track+networks+in+Australia.+The+method+is+based+on+the+measurement+of+structural+responses+under+operating+loads+and+experimental+tests.+Two+typical+bridges+were+investigated+for+Australian+Rail+and+Track+Corporation+Ltd+(ARTC)+and+found+that+the+bridges+are+safe+against+the+operating+loads%2C+despite+having+undergone+aging+phenomenon.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F213050%2F1%2FJigme_Dorji_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.213050&rft.relation=Dorji%2C+Jigme+(2021)+Strength+and+serviceability+assessment+of+aged+masonry+arch+bridges.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F213050%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Engineering%3B+School+of+Civil+%26+Environmental+Engineering