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Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives

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DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37
Pages
400-421
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Abstract

In the last four years, Italy experienced the collapse of five road bridge: Petrulla viaduct (2014), Annone (2016) and Ancona (2017) overpasses, Fossano viaduct (2017) and Polcevera (2018) bridge.

Although for deeply different reasons, the collapses occurred can all been gathered into the same common cause: the (lack of) knowledge of the effective structural condition, a serious problem that affects existing constructions.

As it will be shown in the paper, different problems such as missing of the as-built designs, an appropriate construction and movement precautions, a heavy vehicle checking, and a material decay monitoring can nevertheless be addressed as an inadequate knowledge of what is happening to/in the structure.

In the first section, the paper will report a short description of the failures for the five bridges, while in the second part a main set of problems involved in bridge safety and maintenance will be discussed. Finally, in the third part, a review on innovative and peculiar investigation and monitoring techniques will be illustrated. The collected results can shed new light on future perspectives for the Civil Engineering sector, sector that has to be ready for facing the challenges of preservation, restoration and/or replacement of the existing infrastructural constructions, worldwide.

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APA

Bazzucchi, F., Restuccia, L., & Ferro, G. (2018). Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 12(46), 400–421. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37

IEEE

F. Bazzucchi, L. Restuccia, and G. Ferro, “Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 12, no. 46, pp. 400–421, 2018, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37.

MLA

Bazzucchi, Fabio, et al. “Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 12, no. 46, 2018, pp. 400–421. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37.

Chicago

Bazzucchi, Fabio, Luciana Restuccia, and Giuseppe Ferro. 2018. “Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 12 (46): 400–421. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37.

Harvard

Bazzucchi, F., Restuccia, L. and Ferro, G. (2018) ‘Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 12(46), pp. 400–421. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37.

Vancouver

Bazzucchi F, Restuccia L, Ferro G. Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2018;12(46):400-421. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37

BibTeX

@article{bazzucchi2018, author = {Bazzucchi, Fabio and Restuccia, Luciana and Ferro, Giuseppe}, title = {Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2018}, volume = {12}, number = {46}, pages = {400--421}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Bazzucchi, Fabio AU - Restuccia, Luciana AU - Ferro, Giuseppe TI - Considerations over the Italian road bridge infrastructure safety after the Polcevera viaduct collapse: past errors and future perspectives JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/27 VL - 12 IS - 46 SP - 400 EP - 421 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.37 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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