As urbanization speeds up,building bridges has become a crucial part of city growth.But as time goes on,many of these bridges are getting old,reaching their limits,and need to be torn down or upgraded.One popular type of bridge,the prestressed continuous beam bridge,is getting a lot of attention in this regard.This study took a look at how they tore down a continuous beam bridge on the Xuzhou 310 National Road as an example.By using computer models and real-life data,they figured out the main problems and suggested ways to make sure the demolition work was done safely.What they found was that while temperature changes could mess with the bridge's structure,overall,things set-tled down pretty well after it was torn down.
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