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文献翻译 Bridge Maintenance Techniques Essential maintenance generally involves strengthening or replacement of bridge elements . Strengthening techniques include welding , plate bonding and external post-tensioning which increase the stiffness of bridge decks . Replacement of elements has been used for deck slabs and beams, piers and columns. The primary purpose of essential maintenance is to increase the load carrying capacity and the reason for the inadequate capacity is secondary . If the reason is simply increased loading the maintenance can be limited to increasing the capacity , but if the reason is deterioration then maintenance must also include repairs and preventative maintenance. The selection of the maintenance method for repairs prevention depends primarily on the cause of deterioration . For steel construction the main cause of deterioration is corrosion and regular maintenance painting should be carried out to prevent the steel from corroding . If corrosion does occur then the only repair option is to grit blast back to shiny metal before repainting . An assessment of load carrying capacity should be carried out if corrosion has resulted in a significant reduction of steel section . The selection of repair and prevention methods for concrete construction is more complex because there are numerous causes of concrete deterioration .The deterioration of reinforced concrete can be conveniently sub-divided into deterioration of the concrete and deterioration of the steel reinforcement . The main causes of concrete deterioration are sulphates , free-thaw cycles and alkali-silica reaction(ASR) . Deterioration can also be related to poor mix design and construction process such as compaction and curing . These types of deterioration can only be prevented by actions taken at the time of construction ; there are no effective preventative actions that can be taken after construction. For example where the environment is known to contain significant quantities of su