DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR COMPOSITE BOX GIRDER BRIDGES

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE BACKGROUND TO THE DRAFTING OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGN OF STEEL-CONCRETE COMPOSITE MULTI-BOX GIRDER BRIDGES OF MODERATE SPAN, CONTAINED IN THE TENTH EDITION OF THE AASHO "STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES." FACTORS CONSIDERED INCLUDE LOAD DISTRIBUTION, CROSS-SECTION DISTORTION STRESSES, VIBRATION STRESSES, TENSION AND COMPRESSION IN THE BOTTOM FLANGE, AND THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERED. /TRRL/

• Authors:
  • Mattock, A H
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 371-86
• Serial:
  • Devel Bridge Design & Constr Proc /UK/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridge design; Bridges; Composite structures; Compression; Concrete; Cross sections; Economics; Load transfer; Specifications; Steel; Stresses; Structural design; Tension; Vibration
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Economics; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00210178
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1973 12:00AM