WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE

ABSTRACT Wooden bridges are essential structures for communities, especially in the Amazon region, where they have played a crucial role in territorial unification. Most were built without the supervision of specialized technicians. Maintenance of these structures is essential to ensure their durabi...

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Main Authors: Ibanez Dutra Munhoz, Marcos Cesar de Moraes Pereira, Adriano José Nogueira Lima, Estevão Vicente Cavalcanti Monteiro de Paula
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Published: Sociedade de Investigações Florestais 2025-06-01
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author Ibanez Dutra Munhoz
Marcos Cesar de Moraes Pereira
Adriano José Nogueira Lima
Estevão Vicente Cavalcanti Monteiro de Paula
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description ABSTRACT Wooden bridges are essential structures for communities, especially in the Amazon region, where they have played a crucial role in territorial unification. Most were built without the supervision of specialized technicians. Maintenance of these structures is essential to ensure their durability, given the use of different wood species and the challenges of natural degradation. This study aims to list suitable Amazonian species for each structural element of DNITtype bridges (Brazilian National Department of Transport Infrastructure), taking into account natural durability, mechanical strength and dimensional stability. The justification lies in the need to increase the useful life of these structures, taking into account factors such as environmental degradation and biological attacks. To this end, bibliographic data on the species identified in two bridges on the BR319 was studied, selecting and separating them into groups, for use at points most susceptible to attack and points subject to the weather, which meet the structural calculation, and also have good dimensional stability. The results listed eigth possible forest species for appropriate use in the maintenance of DNITtype Amazonian wooden bridges.
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spelling doaj-art-c01d149e0ce146cbb7884134001909fb2025-08-20T03:28:17ZengSociedade de Investigações FlorestaisRevista Árvore1806-90882025-06-014910.53661/18069088202549263863WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCEIbanez Dutra Munhozhttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-9383-1038Marcos Cesar de Moraes Pereirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7058-8538Adriano José Nogueira Limahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7865-2410Estevão Vicente Cavalcanti Monteiro de Paulahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9913-2403ABSTRACT Wooden bridges are essential structures for communities, especially in the Amazon region, where they have played a crucial role in territorial unification. Most were built without the supervision of specialized technicians. Maintenance of these structures is essential to ensure their durability, given the use of different wood species and the challenges of natural degradation. This study aims to list suitable Amazonian species for each structural element of DNITtype bridges (Brazilian National Department of Transport Infrastructure), taking into account natural durability, mechanical strength and dimensional stability. The justification lies in the need to increase the useful life of these structures, taking into account factors such as environmental degradation and biological attacks. To this end, bibliographic data on the species identified in two bridges on the BR319 was studied, selecting and separating them into groups, for use at points most susceptible to attack and points subject to the weather, which meet the structural calculation, and also have good dimensional stability. The results listed eigth possible forest species for appropriate use in the maintenance of DNITtype Amazonian wooden bridges.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-67622025000100213&lng=en&tlng=enSustainable forest managementNatural durabilitySpecies grouping
spellingShingle Ibanez Dutra Munhoz
Marcos Cesar de Moraes Pereira
Adriano José Nogueira Lima
Estevão Vicente Cavalcanti Monteiro de Paula
WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
Revista Árvore
Sustainable forest management
Natural durability
Species grouping
title WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
title_full WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
title_fullStr WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
title_full_unstemmed WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
title_short WOODEN BRIDGES IN AMAZONIA: RECOMMENDING REGIONAL FOREST SPECIES FOR STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
title_sort wooden bridges in amazonia recommending regional forest species for structural maintenance
topic Sustainable forest management
Natural durability
Species grouping
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