CONCRETE BRIDGE ENGINEERING: PERFORMANCE AND ADVANCES. CHAPTER 5. THE THERMAL RESPONSE OF CONCRETE BRIDGES

This chapter describes the thermal response of concrete bridges. Complete thermal analysis of concrete structures is extremely complex. The interdependence of the main variables involved on the analysis path from heat input to thermal stresses is illustrated. Three categories of heat source are included: ambient heat; hydration heat; and finally, function heat, where the structure is thermally loaded as a consequence of its primary structural role of containing hot or cold liquid or gas. Sections are provided on: (a) ambient thermal loading, (this includes sections on temperature prediction, design thermal distributions, stress analysis of both cracked and uncracked sections, influence of ambient thermal load on ultimate limit state, and ambient thermal deflections); (b) heat of hydration; and (c) the properties of concrete used in thermal analysis such as Young's modulus, and the coefficient of linear themal expansion. For the covering abstract of this publication see IRRD 816558.

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  Elsevier Science Publishers

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• Authors:
  • Priestley, MJN
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 143-87
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Limited
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Concrete; Textbooks; Thermal analysis
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 4755: Concrete; 8526: Textbook; 7152: Thermal analysis
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 1-85166-110-7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM