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  • Ernst & Sohn

24. May 2017

The latest content from our journal Steel Construction 02/2017: Kienlesberg Bridge in Ulm, Germany

Steel Construction_0517_webKienlesberg Bridge is the new link for trams, pedestrians and cyclists between the inner city and the science centre in the north-west of Ulm. The bridge crosses a railway junction near the main station and a new high-speed rail link.

The geometric boundary conditions lead to unequal spans and complex alignments. Therefore, the scheme that won the design competition, which is now under construction, proposed a bridge made of steel.
The superstructure was designed as a semi-integral continuous beam with main girders of varying depth. Owing to the pedestrian and cyclists' path on one side, the orthotropic plate cross-section is asymmetric and the main girders have varying depths.

Special calculations and details were necessary for dynamic and noise control reasons. The bridge is being built using incremental launching.

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Steel Construction 05/17
Kienlesberg Bridge in Ulm, Germany
Written by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Akkermann, Dipl.-Ing. Bartlomiej Halaczek and Dipl.-Ing. Heinz-Josef Vieth

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Design of Steel Structures
Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures. Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings.
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