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Mysovskikh D.A., Ovchinnikov I.I., Ovchinnikov I.G. The concept of an ideal bridge structure and its application to sustainable design of transportation structures. Russian Journal of Transport Engineering. 2025; 12(4). Available at: https://t-s.today/PDF/17SATS425.pdf (in Russian). DOI: 10.15862/17SATS425

The concept of an ideal bridge structure and its application to sustainable design of transportation structures

Mysovskikh Daniil Alexandrovich
Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin, Saratov, Russia
E-mail: mysovskikhd@gmail.com
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=1324961

Ovchinnikov Ilya Igorevich
Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Ufa, Russia
Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin, Saratov, Russia
E-mail: bridgeart@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8370-297X
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=177132
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Ovchinnikov Igor Georgievich
Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Ufa, Russia
E-mail: bridgesar@mail.ru
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=2922
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Abstract. This article examines the problem of sustainable (ecologically rational) design of transport structures, noting that this problem is attracting increasing attention from researchers. A number of foreign review publications on this problem are analyzed, noting the importance of incorporating the concept of sustainable development in bridge projects, and discussing methods for achieving sustainable development in bridge construction at various stages of implementation, from planning to bridge operation. The need to adopt laws making sustainable development a mandatory requirement is noted. Based on a critical review, a program for future research is proposed in the following areas: studying the relationship between existing approaches, tools, and methods; developing a theoretical basis for design and innovation for sustainable development with reference to theories of system innovation and transition management; and developing new approaches, tools, and methods for use by project teams. Next, the article discusses the concept of increasing the durability of bridge structures and the idea of reducing the service life of machines, equipment, devices, and other products, which is being implemented in the modern world. The final part of the article considers two concepts of an ideal structure and discusses ways of their application to the environmentally sustainable design of bridge structures. According to this concept, an engineering structure should consist of elements with the same service life and the same degradation rate. According to another concept of an «ideal structure», the service life of upstream elements is shorter than that of downstream elements.

According to this approach, the service life of the pavement and expansion joints may be shorter than that of the superstructure, but the service life of the supporting elements should be no shorter than that of the superstructure. Otherwise, when replacing the supporting elements that have reached the end of their service life, the superstructure will have to be lifted before its service life is exhausted, which could lead to damage or even destruction.

Keywords: bridge structure; ideal bridge; sustainable design; environmentally friendly design; durability

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