ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING ENGINEERING SOFTWARE. VOLUME NO. 5: TRANSVERSE LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN SLAB-GIRDER BRIDGES

The finite strip method was used to develop an automated procedure for determining the distribution of load on highway bridges subjected to both standard truck loads and overload permit vehicle loads. The distribution factors obtained by this procedure are used in the design and load rating of highway bridges. Several verification problems were used to compare the automated procedure to closed-form solutions available from the theory of plates and shells. In addition, distribution factors from the numerical procedure were compared to various simplified methods for determining load distribution in highway bridges.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=290
• Corporate Authors:

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Finch, T R
  • Puckett, J A
• Publication Date: 1992-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 140 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridge engineering; Bridges; Highway bridges; Load transfer; Loads; Software; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Finite strip method; Transverse loading
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00637779
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Rept No. 92-9 Vol 5
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 12 1993 12:00AM