Analysis of continuous highway box girder bridges with intermediate stiffening

The finite strip method has proved to be accurate and efficient for the analysis of single span slab and box type highway bridges, by incorporating a general flexibility procedure. The strip method is herein extended to encompass multispan structures with intermediate stiffening members. With the extended approach, intermediate supports may be replaced by bearings, hinges, columns, bents or they may be built in; stiffening members may take the form of a truss, a frame or a solid diaphragm. In this paper, the development of the general flexibility approach is presented with a recapitulation on the finite strip method for simply supported bridges. Comparisons of results indicate that in addition to improved accuracy, considerable savings in computing costs can be achieved by using the extended finite strip procedure over a finite element program specially developed for box bridge analysis (a).

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• Authors:
  • Loo, Y C
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Conference, 8th, 1976, Perth
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13-20, 42
• Serial:
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 4, SESSION14

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridges; Computer programs; Finite element method; Frames; Steel
• ATRI Terms: Box girder; Bridge; Computer program; Finite element method; Frame; Steel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01442328
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 25 2012 12:06AM