THEORETICAL STUDIES OF BRIDGE DECK BEHAVIOR
THE BEHAVIOR OF RIB-OR GIRDER-SUPPORTED BRIDGE DECKS, AS DETERMINED BY ANALYSIS USING SEVERAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS WITH MATHEMATICAL IDEALIZATIONS OF VARYING DEGREES OF REFINEMENTS, IS DISCUSSED. THE EFFECTS OF DIAPHRAGM CONFIGURATION, SKEW, AND CURVATURE ARE INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF TWELVE SAMPLE STRUCTURES OF VARYING COMPLEXITY. CLOSELY SIMILAR RESULTS WERE OBTAINED USING RIBBED PLATE, EQUIVALENT PLATE, AND EQUIVALENT GRID IDEALIZATIONS. THE ISOLATED GIRDER IDEALIZATION GAVE INCONSISTENT RESULTS BECAUSE OF ITS INABILITY TO MODEL TRANSVERSE LOAD DISTRIBUTION ACCURATELY. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA United States 94720California Division of Highways
Bridge Department
Sacramento, CA United States 05914Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Powell, G H
- Buckle, I G
- Publication Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridges; Cartographic grids; Curvature; Girders; Information processing; Mathematical models; Skewed structures; Traffic equivalence factor
- Old TRIS Terms: Equivalent grid; Equivalent plate; Ribs (Structural)
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00207978
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: D-4-53
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 11 1971 12:00AM