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文献翻译BridgeMaintenanceTechniquesEssentialmaintenancegenerallyinvolvesstrengtheningorreplacementofbridgeelements.Strengtheningtechniquesincludewelding,platebondingandexternalpost-tensioningwhichincreasethestiffnessofbridgedecks.Replacementofelementshasbeenusedfordeckslabsandbeams,piersandcolumns.Theprimarypurposeofessentialmaintenanceistoincreasetheloadcarryingcapacityandthereasonfortheinadequatecapacityissecondary.Ifthereasonissimplyincreasedloadingthemaintenancecanbelimitedtoincreasingthecapacity,butifthereasonisdeteriorationthenmaintenancemustalsoincluderepairsandpreventativemaintenance.Theselectionofthemaintenancemethodforrepairspreventiondependsprimarilyonthecauseofdeterioration.ForsteelconstructionthemaincauseofdeteriorationiscorrosionandregularmaintenancepaintingshouldbecarriedouttopreventthesteelfromcorrodingIf.corrosiondoesoccurthentheonlyrepairoptionistogritblastbacktoshinymetalbeforerepainting.Anassessmentofloadcarryingcapacityshouldbecarriedoutifcorrosionhasresultedinasignificantreductionofsteelsection.Theselectionofrepairandpreventionmethodsforconcreteconstructionismorecomplexbecausetherearenumerouscausesofconcretedeterioration.Thedeteriorationofreinforcedconcretecanbeconvenientlysub-dividedintodeteriorationoftheconcreteanddeteriorationofthesteelreinforcement.Themaincausesofconcretedeteriorationaresulphates,free-thawcyclesandalkali-silicareaction(ASR).Deteriorationcanalsoberelatedtopoormixdesignandconstructionprocesssuchascompactionandcuring.Thesetypesofdeteriorationcanonlybepreventedbyactionstakenatthetimeofconstruction;therearenoeffectivepreventativeactionsthatcanbetakenafterconstruction.ForexamplewheretheenvironmentisknowntocontainsignificantquantitiesofsulphideitissensibletoconsidertheuseofsulphateresistingPortlandcement.Inregionsexperiencinglargenumbersoffreeze-thawcyclesfrostdamagetoconcretecanbepreventedbyaddingairentrainingagenttotheconcretemix.Frostdamageisworseinconcretethatissaturatedwithsaltywatersotechniquessucha