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This paper reports on the numerical simulation of the structural response of a single span stone arch railway bridge under incremental static loading representing real trains. The study aimed at identifying adequate numerical modelling strategies to simulate the bridge structural behaviour by means of computational resources, based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) and Distinct Element Method (DEM), taking into account the nonlinear behaviour of the bridge materials and suitable conditions for the geometrical discretization. The bridge modelling was supported by experimental data gathered from in situ and lab testing obtained within the framework of the StonArcRail project.
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This work reports research partially financed by the Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007457-CONSTRUCT, Institute of R&D in Structures and Construction, funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020 and by national funds provided by the “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)”, and the project PTDC/ECMEST_1691/2012 - Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Structural Behaviour of Stone Masonry Arch Bridges under the Railway Traffic Loading - Application to Existing Portuguese Bridges, also funded by FCT.
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Costa, C., Arêde, A. (2020). Contributions on Refined Modelling of Stone Arch Bridges. In: Arêde, A., Costa, C. (eds) Proceedings of ARCH 2019. ARCH 2019. Structural Integrity, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_9
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