Dynamic Assessment of Bridge Deck Performance Considering Realistic Bridge-Traffic Interaction

Concrete bridge decks are directly exposed to daily traffic loads and may experience some surface cracking caused by excessive stress or fatigue accumulation, which requires repair or replacement. Among typical bridges in North America, bridge decks are considered the most expensive component to construct and repair, not only because of direct repair cost repair, but also due to the indirect cost from the traffic disruption during the repair action. In order to rationally predict the bridge deck response and the damage risk, some appropriate analytical tools are needed to consider the dynamic effects between the bridge and multiple vehicles moving in a realistic way. Such an analytical tool should be able to provide rational prediction of the bridge global and local responses, such as displacement and stress on bridge decks in addition to other members, which can be used for fatigue or other damage assessment. In the present study, a hybrid dynamic analytical approach is developed for a typical multi-span concrete bridge and stochastic traffic flow by considering the excitation from road roughness. Based on the dynamic response results, the fatigue assessment is conducted with a focus on providing insights on vulnerable locations and the impacts from varied traffic and road roughness conditions.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=885
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• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32895
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32894
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Colorado State University, Fort Collins

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Fort Collins, CO  United States  80525

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Zhou, Yufen
  • Chen, Suren
• Publication Date: 2017-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 46p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Concrete bridges; Dynamic models; Evaluation and assessment; Fatigue (Mechanics); Highway bridges; Roughness; Traffic flow; Traffic loads
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01648424
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC 17-333
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 2017 3:03PM