THE PRESENTATION OF THE SLOPE-DEFLECTION FOURIER SERIES METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CURVED ORTHOTHROPIC HIGHWAY BRIDGES

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE GENERAL EQUATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF A CURVED ORTHOTROPIC OR ISOTROPIC DECK ON CURVED FLEXIBLE GIRDERS, USING A SLOPE-DEFLECTION TECHNIQUE. AN EXAMPLE BRIDGE PROBLEM IS EXAMINED, AND A RESULTING SET OF EQUATIONS DEVELOPED. SOME NUMERICAL RESULTS, FOR A LIMITING /RECTANGULAR/ CONDITION, ARE OBTAINED FOR THE VARIOUS CURVED PLATE STIFFNESS PARAMETERS. THESE RESULTS ARE CORRELATED WITH THE RECTANGULAR PLATE STIFFNESSES, GIVING EXCELLENT AGREEMENT. FIXED END MOMENTS AND FIXED END REACTIONS FOR A CONCENTRATED LOAD AT VARIOUS POSTIIONS WERE ALSO CALCULATED FOR A LIMITING CURVED PLATE CONDITION. SEVERAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARE PRESENTED FOR EVALUATING THE PLATE CONSTANTS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-1/2u, NO AW-67-85-46
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  College Park, MD  United States  20742

  Maryland State Roads Commission

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• Authors:
  • Heins, C P
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Curves (Geometry); Deflection; Fourier series; Girders; Highway bridges; Isotropic materials; Mathematical analysis; Methodology; Orthotropic; Slopes; Stiffness
• Old TRIS Terms: Curved steel girders; Isotropic mass
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207837
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM