Description of a traffic bridge of the Cantabrian SpeedWay made of composite materials

Authors

  • J. M. Mieres Departamento de I+D, Necso Entrecanales y Cubiertas S.A., Madrid.
  • I. Calvo Departamento de I+D, Necso Entrecanales y Cubiertas S.A., Madrid.
  • A. Miravete Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Zaragoza.
  • E. Gutiérrez JRC-ISIS, Milán, Italia.
  • E. Shahidi Advanced Composites Group, ACG, Reino Unido.
  • C. López ICCE Eduardo Torroja, Madrid.
  • J. Cuartero Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Zaragoza.
  • P. Comino Saint Gobain España, Madrid.
  • R. Guzmán de Villoria Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Zaragoza.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2006.v56.i284.20

Keywords:

reinforcement, fibre, bridge, concrete, corrosion

Abstract


In july 2004 a 46 metres length bridge was placed at the Cantábrico Highway between Tamón (Carreño) - Otur (Luarca) that place is located near Asturias airport. This particular bridge has been manufactured mainly with composite materials. This bridge is the final result of an Iberoeka “Pumacom” funded project launched at the beginning of 2003. An innovative issue was the beams of the structure totally manufactured with epoxy/carbon fibre laminated on polyurethane preforms. Another very interesting challenge considered in this project is the joint between longitudinal bridge beams and the supporting platform made of light mortar and steel rods. Joints and connectors were made of AR galls fiber pultruded profiles.

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Published

2006-12-30

How to Cite

Mieres, J. M., Calvo, I., Miravete, A., Gutiérrez, E., Shahidi, E., López, C., Cuartero, J., Comino, P., & Guzmán de Villoria, R. (2006). Description of a traffic bridge of the Cantabrian SpeedWay made of composite materials. Materiales De Construcción, 56(284), 81–86. https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.2006.v56.i284.20

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