Case Study of Old Steel Riveted Railway Truss Bridge: From Material Characterization to Structural Analysis

The structural analysis of an old steel riveted railway truss bridge located over the Maruska River on Działdowo – Olsztyn, Poland line is performed in this paper to check its behaviour under today’s loads. mechanical properties construction extracted from are investigated by tensile tests, impact tests through Charpy pendulum V-notch, and optical emission spectrometer. Structural exhibits that requires proper improvements meet load requirements terms bearing capacity serviceability state. begins with a wide survey literature carried out investigation subject matter. This can provide scientists, engineers, designers experimental basis field construction.