CURVED BRIDGE DECKS: ANALYTICAL STRIP SOLUTION

An exact solution is presented for the analysis of orthotropic curved bridge decks subjected to patch, uniform, line and concentrated loads. The bridge deck is idealized as an assemblage of radialy supported curved plate elements or strips. The deflection of each plate strip is expresssed as a Levy type Fourier series and the loads are expressed as a corresponding series. Concentrated loads and line loads in the tangential direction are incorporated in the solution as a discontinuity in the shear force along the load line. The convergence of this procedure is achieved by increasing the number of modes rather than the number of elements.

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• Authors:
  • Harik, I E
  • Pashanasangi, S
• Publication Date: 1985-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1517-32
• Serial:
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Volume: 111
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9445
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/loi/jsendh

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bridge decks; Bridges; Curved bridges; Curves (Geometry); Fourier series; Loads; Mathematical methods; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical strip solution; Beams and girders; Curved; Decks
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451674
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:58PM