MOMENTS IN SIMPLY SUPPORTED SKEW SLABS: PART I, CURVATURE METER DESIGN AND EVALUATION

CURVATURE METERS ARE DESCRIBED WHICH WERE DEVELOPED AS A PART OF A PROJECT TO EVALUATE MOMENTS IN SKEW SLABS. THE METERS WERE USED TO EVALUATE BINDING MOMENTS IN GLASS PLATE MODELS. THE METHODS OF APPLICATION, MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION ARE DESCRIBED TOGETHER WITH AN EQUILIBRIUM TEST TO VALIDATE THE MOMENT VALUES OBTAINED FROM MEASUREMENTS. SOME DISADVANTAGES OF THE METERS ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS CONCLUDED HOWEVER, THAT THE METERS WHICH WERE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDIES ON MODEL BRIDGES ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR USE ON THE BASIS OF AN EQUILIBRIUM CHECK ON A SKEW PLATE. /RATAOC/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No Rr 170, 16 PP, 15 FIG, 5 TAB, 6 REF, 2 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Department of Highways

  1201 Wilson Avenue
  Toronto, Ontario M3M 1J8,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Pepino, L F
  • Hodgins, D O
  • Green, R
• Publication Date: 1971-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Binders; Bridges; Curvature; Engineering moments; Mathematical models; Measuring instruments; Skewed structures; Slabs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Skewness
• Old TRIS Terms: Binding; Moments
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208222
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Roads & Transportation Assoc /Canada
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 6 1971 12:00AM