THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE BRIDGES - INSULATED AND UNINSULATED

REPORTED ARE THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA PERTAINING TO VARIOUS THERMAL ASPECTS OF COMPOSITE BRIDGE STRUCTURES WITH STEEL BEAMS AND CONCRETE DECKS OR PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS AND CONCRETE DECKS, SOME OF WHICH ARE INSULATED ON THE UNDERSIDE WITH URETHANE FOAM. HEAT CONDUCTION BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS INDUCED THERMOELASTIC STRESSES AND DEFORMATIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN REGARD TO THESE BRIDGE TYPES. CERTAIN LIMITED CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN AS AFFECTING CURRENT DESIGN PROCEDURES . /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Zuk, William
• Publication Date: 1965

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 231-253
• Monograph Title: Design - Bridges and Structures
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 76
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridges; Composite structures; Concrete; Deformation; Electric insulating materials; Insulating materials; Plastic foams; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Steel; Structural design; Thermal analysis; Thermal conductivity; Urethane
• Old TRIS Terms: Thermoelastic stress
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207707
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM