EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A NEW TYPE OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE /IN PORTUGUESE/

THE ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE ZAMBEZI IN TETE WAS TESTED AT THE "LABORATORIO DE ENGENHARIA DE MOCAMGIQUE". THE STUDIED STRUCTURE HAS TWO PRESTRESSED CABLES INSTEAD OF THE STIFFENING GIRDERS USUAL IN CONVENTIONAL SUSPENSION BRIDGES. THESE CABLES, TOGETHER WITH A SERIES OF OBLIQUE SUSPENSION AND FUNICULAR CABLES, FORM A TRUSS IN TENSION. THIS STRUCTURE WAS TESTED ON A 1:50 SCALE MODEL; A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE INFLUENCE OF DEFLECTIONS IN SEVERAL CROSS SECTIONS OF THE DECK, STRESSES IN DIFFERENT CABLES, AND DISPLACEMENTS IN THE BRIDGGE AND SINGLE TOWERS. /LNEC/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Centro de Documentacao Technico-Economica

  Edificio do Ministerio do Ultramar, 6 piso, Restelo
  Lisbon 3,   Portugal 
• Authors:
  • Matos, M E
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 225 -36
• Serial:
  • Fomento
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Centro de Documentacao Technico-Economica

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Deflection; Dislocation (Geology); Prestressing; Stresses; Suspension bridges
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208789
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM