FIELD TESTING OF AN ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK BRIDGE

FIELD STUDIES WERE MADE OF AN ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK BRIDGE TO INVESTIGATE: (1) CORRELATIONS BETWEEN OBSERVED STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR AND THAT PREDICTED BY THEORETICAL ANANLYSES, EITHER EXISTING OR DERIVED IN THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, (2) CONSTRUCTION AND FABRICATION PROBLEMS, AND (3) DURABILITY OF TWO TYPES OF WEARING SURFACES AND VARIOUS METHODS OF APPLICATION. THE NATURE OF THE STRUCTURE, THE LARGE NUMBER OF TRANSDUCER CIRCUITS (OVER 1,200), AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR EXPEDITIOUS ACQUISITION OF DATA REQUIRED SOME UNIQUE LOADING METHODS AS WELL AS SOPHISTICATED MACHINERY FOR TRANSDUCER READING AND DATA REDUCTION, TABULATION, AND PLOTTING. EQUIPMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED TO APPLY LARGE, SINGLE OR MULTIPLE, CONCENTRATED LOADS TO THE STEEL DECK. DATA REDUCTION AND PLOTTING METHODS WERE DEVELOPED. COST OF THE STRUCTURE WAS VERY HIGH, AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED IN THE SHORT-SPAN RANGE EMPLOYED. MOREOVER, IT HAS DEMONSTRATED A PARTICULAR VULNERABILITY TO ICING. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1969/295/295-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Field Testing of Bridges. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Davis, Raymond Eugene
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 56-65
• Monograph Title: Bridges
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 295
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Concentration (Chemistry); Data collection; Durability; Field tests; Icing; Load tests; Orthotropic; Steel; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Theory; Transducers; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concentration; Structural behavior
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209149
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 9 1970 12:00AM