WIND LOADING ON FALSEWORK - PHASE I

Full size installations of Modular Tubular Falsework were tested in a wind tunnel. The tests considered various tower spacings, wind velocities to 100 mph, oblique incidence of wind, and varying number of tower units in the wind stream. The angle of wind incidence and the number of towers in the wind stream were found to be major factors in determining the total wind load on a falsework bent. A design method, based on an empirically established wind velocity model and the test data, is presented. /FHWA/

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• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Structures Design, 1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Nix, H D
  • Bridges, C P
  • Power, M G
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 220 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamic force; Bridge towers; Bridges; Design; Falsework; Testing; Velocity; Wind; Wind tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wind load
• Old TRIS Terms: Wind velocity
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130580
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• ISBN: 14030
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-75-S0418 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: D-4-140
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM