ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A CURVED BRIDGE MODEL

THE TESTING IS DESCRIBED OF A SERIES OF 1/8 SCALE CURVED BRIDGE MODELS. THE BRIDGE MODELS CONSISTED OF A BARE STEEL FRAME SYSTEM, A NONCOMPOSITE CONCRETE DECK AND STEEL FRAME, AND A COMPOSITE CONCRETE DECK AND STEEL FRAME. INCLUDED WERE SIMPLE SPAN, TWO-SPAN, AND THREE-SPAN STRUCTURES WITH FOUR DIFFERENT DIAPHRAGM ARRANGEMENTS. DEFLECTION, ROTATION, AND STRAIN MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN. THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS WERE COMPARED WITH RESULTS FROM THE SLOPE-DEFLECTION ANALYTICAL METHOD. /BPR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

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

  Maryland Department of Transportation

  2323 West Joppa Road
  Brooklandville, MD  United States  21022

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bonakdarpour, B
  • Bell, L C
  • Heins, C P
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge superstructures; Composite materials; Concrete; Curved beams; Curves (Geometry); Deflection; Diaphragms (Engineering); Girders; Measurement; Rotation; Strain measurement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans; Model tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Curved steel girders; Diaphragms
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207954
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Report/Paper Numbers: Aw-70-85-46
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM