THEORETICAL STUDIES OF BRIDGE DECK BEHAVIOR

THE BEHAVIOR OF RIB-OR GIRDER-SUPPORTED BRIDGE DECKS, AS DETERMINED BY ANALYSIS USING SEVERAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS WITH MATHEMATICAL IDEALIZATIONS OF VARYING DEGREES OF REFINEMENTS, IS DISCUSSED. THE EFFECTS OF DIAPHRAGM CONFIGURATION, SKEW, AND CURVATURE ARE INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF TWELVE SAMPLE STRUCTURES OF VARYING COMPLEXITY. CLOSELY SIMILAR RESULTS WERE OBTAINED USING RIBBED PLATE, EQUIVALENT PLATE, AND EQUIVALENT GRID IDEALIZATIONS. THE ISOLATED GIRDER IDEALIZATION GAVE INCONSISTENT RESULTS BECAUSE OF ITS INABILITY TO MODEL TRANSVERSE LOAD DISTRIBUTION ACCURATELY. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Powell, G H
  • Buckle, I G
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridges; Cartographic grids; Curvature; Girders; Information processing; Mathematical models; Skewed structures; Traffic equivalence factor
• Old TRIS Terms: Equivalent grid; Equivalent plate; Ribs (Structural)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207978
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: D-4-53
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 1971 12:00AM