Field Test of A Curved Steel Box Girder Bridge

This paper presents the results of full-scale static and dynamic load testing of a curved box girder bridge. Two Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) test trucks with a total weight of up to 117 tons provided the static loading. One FDOT test truck with a total weight of 52.7 tons applied the dynamic loading. Two different theoretical mechanical models were developed to evaluate the test results. The agreement between test and analytical results supports the expectation that actual bridge responses can be well predicted through theoretical analysis with limited experimental data. The influence of barriers, effective width of concrete slabs and impact factors are discussed. The research results are instructive and applicable to bridge design and bridge load-rating activities.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/40700(2004)28
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Huang, Dongzhou
• Conference:
  • Structures Congress 2004
  • Location: Nashville Tennessee, United States
  • Date: 2004-5-22 to 2004-5-26
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 1-8
• Monograph Title: Structures 2004: Building on the Past, Securing the Future

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girder bridges; Bridge design; Dynamic loads; Load tests; Static loads; Steel bridges
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01899768
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784407004
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 17 2023 11:32AM