TY - JOUR

T1 - A Brief Review of Developments and Challenges for High-speed Rail Bridges in China and Germany

AU - Su, Miao

AU - Dai, Gonglian

AU - Marx, Steffen

AU - Liu, Wenshuo

AU - Zhang, Sisi

N1 - Funding information: This work is based on the discussions of the China–Germany Forum on the Development and Challenges of High- Speed Rail Bridges, held at the Central South University in Changsha, China on 7–11 November 2016. The conference was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

PY - 2018/8/3

Y1 - 2018/8/3

N2 - China and Germany are countries with a lot of experience in the construction of high-speed railway (HSR) bridges. Standardized design and construction of railway bridges has promoted the initial success of rapidly establishing HSRs in these two countries. Nevertheless, the continued development of HSR bridges brings new challenges to design concepts and engineering technologies. This paper briefly reviews the recent practices of HSR bridges in China and Germany, and summarizes the development of track structures and bridges. The integral design concept of the track–bridge system is presented. Thereinto, continuous ballastless track and integral bridges are introduced. The development trends of HSR bridges—including longer spans, lighter structures and faster train operating speeds—are also discussed.

AB - China and Germany are countries with a lot of experience in the construction of high-speed railway (HSR) bridges. Standardized design and construction of railway bridges has promoted the initial success of rapidly establishing HSRs in these two countries. Nevertheless, the continued development of HSR bridges brings new challenges to design concepts and engineering technologies. This paper briefly reviews the recent practices of HSR bridges in China and Germany, and summarizes the development of track structures and bridges. The integral design concept of the track–bridge system is presented. Thereinto, continuous ballastless track and integral bridges are introduced. The development trends of HSR bridges—including longer spans, lighter structures and faster train operating speeds—are also discussed.

KW - ballastless track

KW - development

KW - high-speed railway

KW - integral design concept

KW - railway bridges

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U2 - 10.1080/10168664.2018.1456892

DO - 10.1080/10168664.2018.1456892

M3 - Article

VL - 29

SP - 160

EP - 166

JO - Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

JF - Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

SN - 1016-8664

IS - 1

ER -