EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF AN ORTHOTROPIC STEEL BRIDGE DECK UP TO ULTIMATE LOADS

This paper describes part of an experimental program aimed at studying the elasto-plastic large-deflection behavior of an orthotropic steel bridge-deck plate. After several tests, loading the plate into the large-deflections region, a final test to failure was carried out. Two concentrated loads applied symmetrically at midspan were used to produce large-scale yielding in the main girders, the floor beams, the ribs and the deck plate, particularly in the vicinity of the loads. The load-deflection and load-strain characteristics were monitored up to failure and are reported. /Author/

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  Society for Experimental Stress Analysis

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• Authors:
  • Ghoneim, GAM
  • Glockner, P G
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 81-87
• Serial:
  • Experimental Mechanics
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Society for Experimental Mechanics
  • ISSN: 0014-4851

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Breaking loads; Bridge decks; Deflection; Failure; Loads; Metal bridges; Orthotropic; Steel bridges; Strain (Mechanics); Structural plates
• Uncontrolled Terms: Plates
• Old TRIS Terms: Ribs (Structural); Strains; Yield
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156069
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Experimental Mechanics
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM