Lennart Elfgren
Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Eng
Lulea University of Technology
Sweden
Biography
Research Interests and Projects Design and Assessment of Structures In2Rail - Innovative, Intelligent Railways, A European Research Project with 54 partners within Horizon 2020, 2015-2018, see http://www.in2rail.eu/ COST Action TU1416 - Quality specifications for roadway bridges, standardization at a European level, see http://www.tu1406.eu/ fib T2.9 Fastenings to structural concrete and masonry, see http://www.fib-international.org/comm-a-tgs Mainline - MAINtenance, renewaL and improvement of rail transport INfrastructure to reduce Economic and environmental impacts. A European Research Project with 19 partners from 11 countries within FP7, 2011-2014. A summary and 26 reports are available athttp://www.mainline-project.eu/ Sustainable Bridges - A European Research Project with 32 partners from 12 countries within FP6, 2003 - 2008. Background documents and the following four Guidelines and can be downloaded: (1) Inspection and Condition Assessment (SB-ICA), 259 pp; (2) Load and Resistance Assessment of Railway Bridges (SB-LRA), 428 pp; (3) Guideline for Monitoring of Railway Bridges (SB-MON), 93 pp; and (4) Guide for use of Repair and Strengthening Methods for Railway Bridges (SB-STR), 139 pp. http://www.sustainablebridges.net (Click at "Project Reports" on the top bar and wait. Loading may initially be slow)
Research Interest
Structural Engineering
Publications
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Torsion-Bending-Shear Interaction for Concrete Beams (1976) Elfgren. L, Karlsson. I, Losberg. A Journal of the Structural Division, Proceedings of tha American Society of civil Engineers, ASCE, ISSN: 0733-9445, Vol. 102, nr. ST1, s. 289-291
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Tension of reinforced concrete prisms (2001) Elfgren. L, Noghabai. K
