A DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD OF MULTIPLE LOADING ANALYSIS FOR TWO WAY BRIDGE FLOOR SLABS
A PROCEDURE IS DEVELOPED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF TWO-WAY FLOOR SLABS SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT CONCENTRATED LOAD PATTERNS AND CONTINUOUS OVER MANY SUPPORTS. A DISCRETE-ELEMENT MODEL REPRESENTING THE SLAB WAS FORMED. BASED ON FORMULATIONS DERIVED FROM THIS MODEL, A COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED. A TWO-WAY SLAB STRUCTURE PLANNED BY THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS CHOSEN FOR DEMONSTRATION OF RESULTS OBTAINED UTILIZING THE SUBJECT PROCEDURE. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
University of Texas, Austin
Center for Highway Research, 200 West 21st Street
Austin, TX United States 78712Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp
P.O. Box 5051
Austin, TX United States 78763Bureau of Public Roads /US
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Panak, J J
- Matlock, H
- Publication Date: 1968-8
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Computer programs; Distributions (Statistics); Load transfer; Mathematical models; Slabs
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Old TRIS Terms: Discrete distributions
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00207887
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: 5-63-56-13
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Nov 29 1976 12:00AM