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Evaluation of Diagnostics and Recalculations of Several Czech Masonry Arch Railway Bridges Cover

Evaluation of Diagnostics and Recalculations of Several Czech Masonry Arch Railway Bridges

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Overview of arch structures on railway lines in the Czech Republic according to material and their average service life

Figure 2:

Number of investigated arch structures by year of construction

Figure 3:

Thickness of the arch of the main spans at the top and bottom depending on the clearance of the arch at the bottom

Figure 4:

Cheb Viaduct – view from a drone

Figure 5:

Bridge over the Ohře River in Bohušovice – view of the bridge

Figure 6:

Viaduct Milevsko – view from a drone

Figure 7:

Types of failures detected on investigated bridges

Figure 8:

Considered failures with a direct impact on reliability in the calculation, apart from the actual material parameters, which were always considered

Figure 9:

Milevsko Viaduct - vegetation growing through the structure

Figure 10:

Bridge over the Ohře River in Bohušovice – moisture retention with shotcrete and leaks through shotcrete

Figure 11:

Viaduct near Ratboř – degradation of sandstone blocks and fallen jointing

Figure 12:

Cheb Viaduct – Degradation and leaching at the joint between the original stone structure and the newer reinforced concrete structure

Figure 13:

Milevsko Viaduct – longitudinal cracks with active leakage, joint erosion, and incrustation

Figure 14:

Results from the method of flat scanning of the buckling of the spandrel wall above pillar P9

Figure 15:

Viaduct Milevsko – Numerical model in LimitState:RING using the limit equity method

Figure 16:

Bridge over the Ohře River in Bohušovice – Complex model in the ATENA program using volumetric discrete numerical elements

Figure 17:

Load-bearing capacity in ULS and SLS according to the year of construction of the arch structure

Figure 18:

Consideration of temperature load in analysis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2026-0050 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6512 | Journal ISSN: 1336-5835
Language: English
Page range: 469 - 480
Submitted on: Aug 21, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 10, 2025
Published on: Mar 24, 2026
Published by: University of Žilina
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Milan Holy, Ales Mezera, David Citek, Stanislav Rehacek, published by University of Žilina
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.