PROGRESS REPORT - STUDY OF EFFECT OF NEW VEHICLE WEIGHT LAWS ON STRUCTURES

THE REPORT CONSISTS OF TWO VOLUMES. IN VOLUME I, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORTHOTROPIC PLATE EQUATIONS IS PRESENTED AND APPLIED TO BRIDGE STRUCTURES. A TRIGONOMETRIC SERIES SOLUTION AND A FINITE DIFFERENCE SOLUTION OF THE PLATE EQUATIONS ARE COMPARED. AN ORTHOTROPIC BRIDGE DESIGN EXAMPLE IS GIVEN, USING TWO ALTERNATE METHODS, SLOPE DEFLECTION AND FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS. AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ORTHOTROPIC PLATES, LOAD DISTRIBUTION ON BRIDGES, BRIDGE DECKS AND SLABS AND RELATED TOPICS IS GIVEN. VOLUME II CONTAINS THIRTY COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND THEIR DESCRIPTION.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-1/1/, 64-46, 15
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Authors:
  • Heins, C P
  • Looney, C T
• Publication Date: 1966-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Analysis; Bridge design; Bridges; Computer programs; Deflection; Design; Equations; Finite differences; Laws; Orthotropic; Slopes; Solutions (Chemistry); Structural design; Structural plates; Structures; Trigonometry; Vehicles; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Plates
• Old TRIS Terms: Series /mathematics/; Solutions
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Law; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207791
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 1 1994 12:00AM