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New design tool improves efficiency in modeling tied-arch bridges, suggesting better compliance with European standards.
Tied-arch bridges are iconic structures that combine aesthetic style with engineering efficiency, providing opportunities for landscape elements with efficient sustainable design. Modelling and analysing this type of bridge is well-known by experienced designers but nevertheless a lengthy process, involving detailed structural idealization and load modelling. Properly modelling the 3D structure and implementing the vehicle loads, in the various locations required by European standards, is critical for bridge design, however a time-consuming process. To improve efficiency and provide a user-friendly tailor-made solution for the conceptual design of tied-arch bridges a new tool has been developed by the authors.
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