Bai Chay Bridge, Vietnam

The Bai Chay Bridge in Vietnam is a single plane cable-stayed prestressed concrete bridge, with a bridge length of 903m and the world's longest centre span length of 435m. The foundations for the piers were constructed by the pneumatic caisson method and form travellers were used for the cast-in-situ box girder erection by the balanced cantilever method, with the main pylons being constructed using a climbing formwork system. Extensive wind tunnel testing was carried out on 3D models to examine the structural stability against high winds, the design wind speed for the bridge is 50 m/s over a ten minute averaging period at 50m above sea level. Photographs and drawings are used to explain different aspects of the bridge and the integrated bridge monitoring system using vibration control devices.

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• Authors:
  • NAKAMURA, T
  • TSUCHIDA, K
  • OHNO, H
  • NAGAMOTO, N
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 210-213
• Serial:
  • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
  • ISSN: 1016-8664

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Bridge decks; Bridge piers; Bridge superstructures; Building materials; Cable stayed bridges; Concrete; Environment; Equipment; Foundations; Structures; Tests; Wind
• Geographic Terms: Vietnam
• ITRD Terms: 5492: Aerodynamics; 3482: Bridge deck; 3434: Bridge pier; 4755: Concrete; 3355: Engineering structure; 2455: Environment; 3674: Equipment; 3377: Foundation; 4555: Material (constr); 3417: Stayed girder bridge; 3473: Superstructure (bridge); 6255: Test; 8083: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of; 2554: Wind
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Energy; Environment; Geotechnology; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I43: Rock Mechanics; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087463
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 29 2008 10:38AM