桥梁工程外文翻译--新巴达洛纳铁路桥.docVIP

The New Badalona Summary The design of structures in metropolitan habitats is always a challenge due to the important number of requirements to fulfil. Design especially when it deals with railways or roads has to combine the needs of those infrastructures with the human environment, which is the case of the railway bridge in the city of Badalona. Nowadays the city area that faces the sea is occupied by contaminating industries. The council is trying to open the city to the Mediterranean Sea, demolishing unsightly and useless buildings and changing the use of the ones with architectural or technical value. Now a beach and a yachting harbour are being built. A railway line runs parallel to the coast dividing the centre of the city from the shore area. There are no funds to construct a tunnel for the railway line, consequently a bridge has to be built to increase the connection between the centre of the city and the new coast facilities. A design competition was carried out for a railway bridge, which will cross a new pedestrian area, a part of the new harbour and two streets. The contract for the bridge design was awarded to FHECOR Consulting Engineers on the basis of a preliminary design. The idea of the proposal was to combine functionality, structural rationality, aesthetics and low construction and maintenance costs. Also the client has the intention to construct the bridge as a landmark that will be the image of the new urban development. Keywords: Urban Bridge, Railway, Prestressed, Structural shape. 1. Introduction Badalona is a major satellite city of Barcelona on the Mediterranean coast. The nucleus of the city is cut off from the shoreline by the railway line which connects the different suburban centres of Barcelona located along the Mediterranean coast. The railway line is currently one of the Spanish Railway Consortium’s (RENFE) most profitable passenger lines. Along the railway line industrial buildings have sprung up over the years forming