The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), through the University Institute of Concrete Science and Technology (ICITECH), has recently carried out fatigue tests on the Quisi and Ferrandet bridges, built in 1914, and which are part of the Line 9 (Benidorm-Dénia) of the TRAM d’Alacant.
It is a first-level trial and a world reference in the field of maintenance and conservation of Valencian civil engineering heritage, because it is one of the very few cases of this nature that have been carried out on a worldwide scale: a complete section of bridge under these controlled conditions. Its objective is to determine the resistance to fatigue of these structures, to increase safety, and to check their remaining life.
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Pruebas de fatiga de los puentes del Quisi y Ferrandet