STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF A RAILWAY TRUSS BRIDGE MODEL: DESIGN, FABRICATION AND MODEL TESTING.

This bachelor's thesis focuses on the design, fabrication, and analysis of a truss bridge made of aluminum metal. The truss bridge is first designed theoretically as 2D truss bridge, and it is redesigned as 3D and optimized using SAP2000. Once the truss bridge is fabricated, the experimental test (strain measuring) takes place using Strain-gauges