Evaluation of web reinforcements in prestressed concrete box girders through shear-transverse bending domains

In concrete box girders, the amount and distribution of reinforcements in the webs have to be estimated considering the local effects due to eccentric external loads and cross-sectional distortion and not only the global effect due to the resultant forces of a longitudinal analysis: shear, torsion and bending. This work presents an analytical model that allows designers to take into account the interaction of all these effects, global and local, for the determination of the reinforcements. The model is based on the theory of stress fields and it has been compared to a 3D finite element analysis, in order to validate the interaction domains. The results show how the proposed analytical model allows an easy and reliable reinforcement evaluation, in agreement with a more refined 3D analysis but with a reduced computational burden.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/1369433220981702
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/13694332
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2020 Michele Fabio Granata and Antonino Recupero.
• Authors:
  • Granata, Michele Fabio
  • 0000-0003-3112-4404
  • Recupero, Antonino
• Publication Date: 2020

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Advances in Structural Engineering
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1369-4332
  • Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ase

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending; Box girder bridges; Finite element method; Prestressed concrete; Reinforcement (Engineering); Shear properties; Validation; Webbing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01761542
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2020 3:06PM